Gerry McGovern1d ago

Modern, scientific man has written women out of history

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/british-museum-samurai-women-warrior-myth-b2913476.html

The Viking Woman Warrior of Birka, Sweden
https://www.history-channel.org/a-viking-mystery-the-woman-warrior-of-birka/

Early Women Were Hunters, Not Just Gatherers
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-women-were-hunters-not-just-gatherers-study-suggests-180982459/

‘Woman the hunter’: Studies aim to correct history
https://news.nd.edu/news/woman-the-hunter-studies-aim-to-correct-history/

The sports where women outperform men
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240731-the-sports-where-women-outperform-men

Half of Japan’s samurais were women reveals groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum

‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class

The Independent
Show threadMagnus Ahltorp1d ago
@gerrymcgovern Many women were warriors, yes, but to say that ”half of samurai were women” is as obvious as saying half of any hereditary group is/was women. Samurai was the social class.
Show threadJoe W1d ago
@ahltorp @gerrymcgovern Yes. That. And apparently this is lost on many....
Show threadMarsh Ray1d ago
@drchaos @ahltorp @gerrymcgovern Just deceptive clickbait IMO
Show thread🏳️‍🌈Quin1d ago

@marshray You're missing the point. The point is not so much "women were warriors" it is "our reductive telling of history* is heavily tilted to disregard most of what is important, and so our idea of what 'samurai' means, is just plain wrong."

We're so used to "hero stories" and main characters that we're oblivious to this.

*) let's be honest, this is true for the stories we tell today.

@drchaos @ahltorp @gerrymcgovern

Show threadMarsh Ray1d ago
@einalex The three other articles linked are about literal women warriors, hunters, shooters, athletes, etc
Show thread🏳️‍🌈Quin23h ago

@marshray yes, women were also warriors, and there are articles about how that has been suppressed. The article you cite though, makes its point already in the second paragraph.

Both phenomena are connected though, they have the same cause.

Show thread🏳️‍🌈Quin

@marshray We have created a false divide between men and women, with associated boxes of expected and appreciated behavior for each.

In that pursuit, many have purposefully bent reality to support this narrative. In effect, others think the divide is natural rather than created -- A rationalisation of their sexism.

"Women naturally prefer certain jobs."
"Some jobs naturally pay less."

In reality, wages for jobs, women take, fall in consequence.

This all serves to maintain control over women.

Mar 23 at 11:07amWeb
Show threadMarsh Ray13h ago

@einalex I don’t think anyone here is disputing that womens’ accomplishments in combat and sports tend to be systematically under-reported.

My post is about the intentionally-misleading title, subtitle, and image of The Independent article, and how that appears to have trickled OP into including it at the top of a list of other articles actually giving substantive examples in support of the basic claim.