For a brief period last year, there was a trend of women asking their boyfriends how often they think about the Roman Empire. The results, though initially surprising (they often admitted to thinking about it at least a few times a day), shed light on something intangible about the straight male psyche. War, construction, politics, military aestheticism, civilisation, philosophy, how it all can come crashing down \u2013 the Roman Empire tickled all those special interest areas of a man\u2019s brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This also naturally led to the opposing question: what\u2019s the female equivalent? What\u2019s something you think about often, maybe daily, can lead you down unknown Wikipedia paths, that you project yourself onto in some weird way? On social media and among my friends, a few names came up consistently: Princess Diana, Titanic, the Salem Witch Trials, Henry VIII\u2019s six wives, and Britney Spears. Also Marie Antoinette. <\/p>\n\n\n\n