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Perhaps we should republish Eliot under a female pseudonym? But yes, fair points, and I'm not disputing there was sexism! But to describe the situation as "mal

• watwut 6y ago
  Males currently have no problem to get printed, get publicity and get attention. It is just not true that it would be impossible or hard for male writer to get success. So, there is not reason to reprint male under female pseudonym. With exception od romantic literature, male pseudonym is not disadvantage at all. But, my original point was that there is nothing strange or unusual about morality that is sexist in one way or the other, that was actually norm.
  • dilap 6y ago
    How about: strange post-Enlightenment to see explicitly sexist morality become trendy? I take your point that viewed from a broader historical context it's not strange at all.
    • watwut 6y ago
      > strange post-Enlightenment to see explicitly sexist morality become trendy? Enlightenment period ended in 1815, it is 2020 now.
      • dilap 6y ago
        post but we're still living in an era largely defined by enlightenment ideas/ideals (tho, increasingly less so, as evidenced by eg this thread)