On the Freezing Discovery by Lydia Bobb https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8 "Yielding Submissive to the powers of frost" en-us 2021-06-09 08:38:06 UTC 2021-06-10 09:41:42 UTC hello@padlet.com bobblydia https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595283670 The New Freezing Discovery was published as part of the Hypochondriack in the London Magazine in August 1781 by James Boswell and describes a hypothetical machine that could freeze living animals/ people to the extent that they would remain in the same state over a period of time until being defrosted again. ]]> 2021-06-09 09:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595283670 bobblydia https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595285189 For the most part, it was supposed to help men against the promiscuity of their wives who were prone to cheating and could no longer invite passing lovers if being temporarily frosted. It was used as an alternative to suicide or murder, or even a temporary relieve from depression or political resistance,too.]]> 2021-06-09 09:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595285189 bobblydia https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595291057 Therefore, freezing is the biggest form of self-control to the extent of becoming unhuman or machinelike as well as becoming the possessor of another human.  The text explicitly states that the freezing machine gives the ruler a control that was never before possible as it creates a method for self-correction or forced discipline on others, however, it was most commonly used to discipline women’s unbearable lust/sex madness. Thus, Bowell critcizes female sexuality as a threat to male self-control, totally focusing on women as shamelessly lustful beings and causing disorder in society due to their mad sexuality.]]> 2021-06-09 09:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595291057 bobblydia https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595304768 “This discovery is the art of congealing living animals in such a manner, that they shall remain exactly in the same state they were in when the frigorific operation is performed, so (...) whenever the cold is solved (…) they shall appear (…) with the same qualities in every respect.”]]> 2021-06-09 09:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595304768 bobblydia https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595320262 “But when a husband has his wife well frozen,  he may go from home in full security (…) for the lady (…) could make no tender sign from her window”]]> 2021-06-09 09:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595320262 Interesting side note, Boswell also claimed that his sexual obsession is religiously and morally acceptable as long as it can be blamed on the woman (e.g. if a woman approaches him alone, it is already reason enough to lose self-control) since men simply incapable to restrictions. bobblydia https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595338809 2021-06-09 09:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bobblydia/uid3t3tmuqj016p8/wish/1595338809