In 1140, King Conrad III besieged Weinsberg, a city in what is now southwest Germany. After capturing the city, Conrad agreed to spare the women and allowed them to leave with whatever they could carry on their shoulders.
The women abandoned their possessions and emerged carrying their husbands. Amused by their clever interpretation of his order, Conrad reportedly allowed them to leave, declaring that a king should always keep his word.
The women became known as the “Treue Weiber von Weinsberg” (“Loyal Wives of Weinsberg”). The castle ruins still stand today and are known as Weibertreu, meaning “wifely loyalty.”
Assuming routine infant circumcision was normal, she casually asked him if their son would be circumcised. Her husband looked "mortified" and replied, "What are you talking about, circumcise our son? We’re not Muslim, we’re not Jewish, why would we circumcise our son?" Owens later publicly questioned the practice, asking, "What if we did what everyone else in the world does, and just didn't allow people to snip our perfect baby boys' penises the second they come into the world?"
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