i made a fuckup ignore the name 2023-06-10 (Sat) 16:30:45 No. 13682
taking a perspective outside of that she educated me through what she wrote on alot, from stories of amazonian women removing their breasts, from the reality that males need women to be more than just housewives seen in christianity to find any purpose of seeking marriage with them to varying myths surrounding womanhood and what it means to be born female from multiple authors. The main takeaway from that section wasnt just to understand the oppression women have faced but more importantly why they faced it and myths did such a great job of it as volume I was ending. it detailed the realities that such oppression faced in the christian world was fueled by apathy of subordinated women to deal with these issues a problem that would later be resolved thanks to a shift in industrial productivity by the rest of europe with the exception of france due to napoleons policies
OP 2023-06-10 (Sat) 16:33:22 No. 13683
I guess it makes sense to an extent why this would be and why these issues would form almost exclusively in Europe where class divide back then was far worse with the establishment and enforcement of monarchs, religious authority and nobilitys but I have yet to understand the full purpose of the movement she would go onto inspire as I have yet to finish the book. thats all thanks to whoever took the time to read all of this
Anonymous 2023-06-10 (Sat) 16:39:14 No. 13684
>>13682 >from stories of amazonian women removing their breasts Aren't Amazons a myth that Greek men came up with as a representation of everything they didn't want to see in women
Anonymous 2023-06-10 (Sat) 16:42:52 No. 13685
>>13684 In philosophy you can use anything you want as a metaphor. Even if it's not true, it's true in spirit
Anonymous 2023-06-10 (Sat) 17:10:47 No. 13686
>>13684 The name Amazon (a-mazon, "without breast", basically calling them "titless") is almost certainly an archetype of women giving up femininity to be like men. The degree to which it's inspired by some real culture or real people is less important than the values they represent for ancient Greeks. So in that sense it's a useful point to discuss because it is revealing about attitudes toward women.
Anonymous 2023-06-10 (Sat) 17:15:02 No. 13687
>>13685 this is why I hate idealism