[ SECRET POST #5439 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5439 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I encounter a lot of, let's say, "outraged shock" in historical fiction: the women (or whichever disregarded POV is at work) sound like a modern woman dropped back in time. "What do you mean I can't vote?!" Outraged, absolutely, but if they're over the age of like 5, it should not be the first time they're suddenly becoming aware of whatever limits society has inflicted. Their reactions should be different, their strategies to overcome should be different, and quite honestly, for a LOT of them, their aspirations should be different -- maybe they long for women to have security without a husband but can't countenance having (or wanting to have) a career or college education, for instance. Maybe they didn't try to open a bank account until later in life, or something, but they would have been steeped in their culture just as we are steeped in ours, with so many things just Understood and Taken For Granted that they would have absorbed since birth.

Aside from historically illiteracy in general, I think people also just don't appreciate how hard it is to be a pioneer of a new idea in a society that actively rejects it. Terry Pratchett (GNU STP) had a line in one of his books about how hard it is to be the first one to climb a mountain, but within a couple decades, little old ladies will be wandering up for a picnic. Depending on the historical time period in question, that mountain might even be non-basic education for daughters as well as sons! Let alone voting and other social and civic fulfillment. It just does such a disservice to the setting while lazily perpetuating the same old girl power story that conveniently exemplifies the most obvious of sexisms (or equality story::racism), which I think (pet hypothesis) helps people collectively think "Well, I can't be *ist because I don't [blatant horrible pop culture representation of inequality], and look, we don't [blatantly do that thing] anymore! Society is great, and *ism is over!"

I've got a lot of thoughts and feelings on this subject. :X