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Just something I am curious about, no judgments. But do you view every man before our modern age as evil sexist hateful men? Whether it be the emperor Nero or your average peasant dude do you view all men back then as horrible people? That regardless of the circumstances just the fact women were oppressed in those times all men before the modern age were evil or at least horrible?
Or one good example I can think of are America's founding father's, regardless of what they accomplished do you think them not immediately granting women every right as men negates any good they may have done?
As for the OP's question, no, I don't paint every historical figure, male or female, with the same brush. That's the entire point of studying history ... to examine the past to get a clearer understanding of it, not to condemn historical figures out of hand because their social views aren't up to twenty-first century standards.
Interesting thoughts, so linda what are your thoughts about our founding father's not giving the right to vote for women? Even though they hadn't given it to african americans even by their racial standards do you think they were horrible for not letting women vote?
Every person is a product of their personal experiences and their time in history. People of the past we not different from us. Some were good people and some weren't. Some women were oppressed and some weren't. Some men were oppressors and some weren't.
We just have to find a lady that was alive during the time of the founding fathers to answer that question.
Unfortunetly I don't know many 250 years old women.
Or one good example I can think of are America's founding father's, regardless of what they accomplished do you think them not immediately granting women every right as men negates any good they may have done?
Hmmmm....America's founding fathers as sexist pigs.....
Nope. Can't say I ever thought of them that way.
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