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Good point, or it would be, if only the world had not shoehorned misogyny into almost every little bit of our history.
by okintheory 5y ago
Good point, or it would be, if only the world had not shoehorned misogyny into almost every little bit of our history.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoLet me fix that for you: If only it weren't so easy to find mysogyny in every little bit of our history?
- jdonaldson 5y agoQueens are notable because they had immense power... and knew the score with gender bias and had the means to change minute details of the subjects' lives. However, they rarely changed cultural norms WRT gender. I'm thinking mainly of Cleopatra (and Nefertiti, even though she never held the highest title AFAICT). It may be because there are just bigger problems for leaders to solve.
- bawolff 5y agoI imagine its because cultural norms don't change in a day -it takes generations, and ultimately these people are mortal.
- pjc50 5y agoHow could a patriarchal society that explicitly reserved power and property for men contain misogyny? Historians are baffled.
- okintheory 5y agoThat's what I meant, but I see the phrasing is ambiguous...