I have a doctorate in medieval art, 6th century English and Women’s Studiesand wrote my thesis on the sexism of human flatulence. Because of patriarchal gender norms women are not allowed to release gas in public because of men’s unreal expectations of women to be clean and feminine. Furthermore if a woman was to fart in the presence of a man and the man responds by farting louder than the woman, than that would be rape. By farting louder the man is using passive aggressive violence to position himself as dominant, this intimidates the woman to subconsciously not release as much flatulence and thus the woman fears for her safety and doesn’t fart as loud as a sign of submissiveness, this in turn contributes to rape culture and women being oppressed.