Talk:Legends of Catherine II of Russia
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Paragraph 2 suggests that her age at death is proof that she could not have attempted carnal relations with a stallion at that time. However, Paragraph 5 allows that she had many lovers well into her advancing years. This seems contradictory, though I admittedly have no clear image of what additional physical strain a stallion in harness would prove against the constitution of a senior noblewoman, beyond that which her coterie of covert carnal courtiers might regularly thrust upon her.
--Markzero 11:35, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Horses are heavy friggin' animals. If it fell on her, it would cause some major organ and skeletal damage. The likliness of a Russian Empress having bestial relations is quite far-fetched, in either case. -Alex. 12.220.157.93 15:27, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Catherine kept a group of lovers, who she termed her "stallions", thereby perhaps causing the confusion. If a citation can be found, this could be added here? -- Pakaran 00:45, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
To my knowledge, the stallion rumor was created by Catherine's political enemies.
The words "not exemplary for the standards of the time" seem judgemental (POV) to me. The way I learned history, court standards for sexual freedom were liberal at that time. I only have a superficial understanding of the current historical consensus, and would appreciate the opinions of anyone who really knows that era. TRWBW 18:54, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
"and most propagators of it fail to realize (or consciously ignore) that she died at the age of 67." is not encyclopedic. In general, statements of the form "most people who think X, do/don't Y" are bad.icambron 19:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
I once saw an NG documentary were they showed the hidden rooms in one of her palaces, it was all erotic art, the paintings were about sex, the furniture was about sex... But they aren't available for public and a lot of it was destroyed in WWII and sold, now and then they find pieces of the furniture ...
