If the vast majority of historical work was written by men, shouldn't we consider the"silent" voice of women?
Interesting responses.
Interesting responses.
Anonymous
No as there is no difference.
History is history. For a long time all subjects were dominated by men. Nowadays it's pretty much even/evening out so we aren't going to have that problem in the future.
Just because the majority of the work was done by men doesn't il-legitimize the work that is done or mean that it isn't accurate. The "silent" voice of women isn't going to say anything that we don't already know.
The problem was in the unequal representation of the people in the field, not the works of the field.
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There are a lot of bad reasons for anti-intellectualism, the poverty of the imagination, and willful ignorance. A political stance against a sociological viewpoint is a new and deeply dispiriting one. Thank heavens many actual historians don't think like this.
Anonymous
OK, and how do you propose to resurrect the words of the dead who were not powerful during their life?
We're talking of order 50 BILLION people over the course of human events. Of these, almost all are "silent" in the historical record. Roughly 25 billion men, 25 billion women, 3 billion Native Americans, 10 billion Africans, 35 billion Eurasians, 2 billion Australians and Oceanic people. Please tell me how we are going to recover their voices?
Or is it only those women that agree with you that you wish to hear?
Hannah
I think women's voices are being shouted loud and clear.
Unless we're talking about a 3rd world dump, women are doing just fine. At least, no worst than men
William
I've heard arguments like these all my life.
Why can't everyone simply accept that not as many women are interested in History or many of the other male dominated fields?