# Amazon Women

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-women/215533>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 27, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-women/215533 "2003-11-27T05:45:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-women/215533/1 "2003-11-27T05:45:08Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mamazon.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mamazon.html)

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> Some, including many psychologists who study myths (like Carl Jung), propose that Amazons were completely mythological from the beginning, without even a kernel of historicity.
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> As I said, nobody really knows. Anybody who thinks he does is probably deluding himself.

My theory: There’s something about women who kick ass that people find sexy and that captures the imagination. Witness Xena, Warrior Princess and Charlie’s Angels. 3000 years ago, stories like that could have easily evolved into fables and legends.

Just MHO of course.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-women/215533/2 "2003-11-27T14:52:05Z")

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Since you’ve repeated this post in the other thread, I’m closing this one.

The other thread: [No boob writing…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225381)