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Most of recorded human history is one big data gap. Starting with the theory of Man the Hunter, the chroniclers of the past have left little space for women’s role in the evolution of humanity, whether cultural or biological. Instead, the lives of men have been taken to represent those of humans overall. When it comes to the lives of the other half of humanity, there is often nothing but silence.
And these silences are everywhere. Our entire culture is riddled with them. Films, news, literature ...more
Most of recorded human history is one big data gap. Starting with the theory of Man the Hunter, the chroniclers of the past have left little space for women’s role in the evolution of humanity, whether cultural or biological. Instead, the lives of men have been taken to represent those of humans overall. When it comes to the lives of the other half of humanity, there is often nothing but silence.
And these silences are everywhere. Our entire culture is riddled with them. Films, news, literature ...more
This entire book made me think, “Ok, men” along the lines of ok, boomer.
It is infuriating how men not only structure absolutely fucking everything for themselves and then are completely unable to even see that they do it. It’s exhausting.
It’s deadly.
Men as a class have a lot to answer for.
When we eat the rich, we may want to consider also eating most of their gender as well.
It is infuriating how men not only structure absolutely fucking everything for themselves and then are completely unable to even see that they do it. It’s exhausting.
It’s deadly.
Men as a class have a lot to answer for.
When we eat the rich, we may want to consider also eating most of their gender as well.
This book surprised me in several ways. I had expected this to be a slow, dry read but it turned out to be a page turner filled with interesting insights that made me look at the world in a different way. From public restroom issues (equal doesn't mean equal - women often have children with them, and for obvious reasons take, on average 2.3 times as long to use the bathroom), to the real reason GDP went up in the 1970s (women moved from doing "unpaid" work in the home to being in the paid workfo
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I will never look at a women's restroom the same way again.
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