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Women's Rights & Issues

CharleyDog

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1. There used to be this *stupid* but repeated refrain "why were there no great

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 01:23 PM

Apr 2019

women artists". wringing of hands. As if women were somehow less than men and unable to create art.

It's another example of history being rewritten for the male patriarchy narrative.

It just reminds me of people having faith in history - maybe some of the truth will finally come out, but in the meantime the biased narrative harms millions of people. How many people still believe women are not artists or scientists? How many people still believe some races are likewise inferior?

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The Other Art History: The Forgotten Women of Bauhaus [View all] niyad Apr 2019 OP

There used to be this *stupid* but repeated refrain "why were there no great CharleyDog Apr 2019 #1

sadly, you are absolutely correct. niyad Apr 2019 #2