Imagine, you're sent back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy. A time where life in the sea is as dangerous on the waters as it is under it. This is the time and place where it truly was a man's world. Dangerous men were free to scour the seas to rape and pillage any village they deemed vulnerable to attack. You are transported to a pirate's vessel, you look around you and notice that you are in the company of one of the most dangerous pirates of all time, Madam Ching. As you look in disbelief at a woman that's as dangerous as she is beautiful command over 300 war rigs carrying upwards of 180,000 pirates almost all them being men - She is preparing for a battle against the combined forces of the Chinese, British, and Portuguese. Would your reaction be anything other than fearful?
My personal reaction would be a mix of fear and admiration, her very gravitas is enough to intimidate even the most stoic of men. A woman so powerful and beautiful that nations have to combine their forces to have a chance at subduing her. Madam Ching was equally intelligent, managed to negotiate a deal with the Chinese emperor that would allow her and her crew to live their lives and keep their plunder so long as they turned in their war rigs and quit piracy forever. A woman with this kind of talent is someone who proves sex is irrelevant so long as you have the tenacity to achieve a goal.
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http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/ching-shih-prostitute-pirate-lord-002582?page=0%2C1
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