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Aren't there far more prominent men than women though? Especially when you count the whole of patriarchal history.
by exporectomy 5y ago
Aren't there far more prominent men than women though? Especially when you count the whole of patriarchal history.
- zozbot234 5y agoHistory is always written by the victors, and due to patriarchy most of the victors in recorded history have been men. This has consequences if you want your encyclopedia to rely on existing sources.
- throwaway2037 5y agoI cannot personally agree with the first sentence from a modern context, but the second sentence is reasonable. I'm most bothered with I see articles about important ministers of a country and the women have either just a stub or a few measly paragraphs, and the men have flowing pages. I see the same for business leaders.