Myths & mysteries
Medieval alchemists thought iron was inherently masculine
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Gendering basic building materials for absolutely no logical reason. The entire esoteric framework of alchemy assigned rigid human characteristics to inanimate substances, confidently deciding that iron was violently aggressive while copper was deeply passive.
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