'when they conveyed the King`s order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. This made the king furious.'
Esther 1:12
Ah, Persian sexual politics. And some people say the Bible is boring and irrelevant!? Just a week or so back on Larry King women were discussing similar issues. Is Vashti a feminist role model here, standing up for herself against the drunken demands of her husband? Or she is an example to be avoided? (she loses her status as Queen and is replaced by a younger model shortly after this) Quite frankly, given the period she lived in, she had guts not to fear execution for disobeying a direct order from the monarch, I think. But it did her no good in the long run.
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