The Historical Roles of Women: Not As Straightforward As We Thought? (Page 2)

[Goochbreaker]

Woman can totally do these things... but they aren't optimized for them. An elf can be fitted for melee combat, but they make better mages and archers

[AllThatSweetJazz]

Agreed. I'm not on-board with the whole "men have been oppressing women since the dawn of time" narrative.

[Poppykate]

Some women you just can’t keep down.. 😋

[AllThatSweetJazz]

@Poppykate And some women love it when you hold them down :P

[Poppykate]

🙌 all women like to be held down by a men.. at least for a little while! 😉

[Anonymous]

Sorry but all these women are exceptions not the rule.

[scarlett]

I never claimed they were the rule. The point is, it was possible and it happened. And as we're learning more and more about history and new things are being discovered, it allows for discussions of the past and what it was like. I find it interesting which is why I shared this.

[Catholicgirl22]

It was dad how Joan of arcs people betrayed her to the English to get her burned as a witch.

[CubsterShura]

How come you not mention Hypatia, and the female pharaohs?

[LivinLegend]

No one said females can't do it but issa fact when it comes to war males do it better.

Damn sounds sexist asf but its facts

[anastar]

yeah but the number of women compared to men is much lower.

[alice55]

This stuff is know (at least it been years I'm aware of it).

[jacquesvol]

Joan of Arc was a legendary female warrior and later, became a Roman Catholic saint. Indeed. I doubt the legend the RC church transmitted about her.

[Anonymous]

Cool take. There are soooooooooo many misconceptions about women of the past and how they were treated, most of it feminist revisionist history.

[Revolver_]

Damn that wasn't as straightforward as I thought it was

[That2kKid21]

Wait what? Many women have led viking raids etc. We've known this for centuries...

[Nice222]

Great take woman warriors do not surprise me at all.

[ovoxo_]

All women were oppressed in the past. Only now has the future become female.

[ThePragmaticRomantic]

Bullpoop. Gender rolls were generally stronger in certain ways, but women were not oppressed any more than men were. In a lot of ways human society has always been gynocentric.

[ovoxo_]

@ThePragmaticRomantic

[ovoxo_]

That's not what my feminist sociology prof told me

[ThePragmaticRomantic]

Nah but its what my History professors taught me. :p

[ovoxo_]

My feminist prof told me not to listen to people like you because you're all misogynists who want women chained, barefoot, and pregnant.

[Anonymous]

You can find many influential women in history via Google, there are more I guess

[Yuki_JPN]

i didn't know takeko... she's cool thanks

[SuccessfulHornDog]

You need to settle down.

[Deathraider]

Look up the Pirate Ching Shih. She's ruthless.

[Anonymous]

Joan of Arc was burned like a witch.

[GayHowellMeme]

I like this myTake