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The History of Canadian women covers half the population, but until recent years only comprised a tiny fraction of the historiography.
This statement, as it is made in this sentence is badly contrived to the extent of being sexist and just plain ridiculous.
The writer of this sentence is treating the females of the Canadian population as an "other", or a very large minority.
Women are not a distinct subgroup within the population. The historic events that affected Canadian people affected males and females. History didn't pass them by. They were a 50% part of it! The question to ask here is "Has anyone written a History of Canadian men?"
I am not asking this to be facetious. I am asking it in full knowledge of the fact that History is written mainly from a male point of view, and deals with areas of activity such as politics, war and business which have, in the past, been almost exclusively male arenas. However, with females actively part of politics, war and business, they are also part of the events and the history (as written), not simply affected by it. Basically, Written History primarily concerns the pushers and shovers. Women are included in the written history, when they push and shove. This is the case whether they are pushing and shoving against male dominance or alongside men in the various fields that motivate historians to write. For example, a female politician is concerned primarily with people's rights and conditions, and participates in decision-making to that effect. A Historian writing about a bill proposed by a female politician would be seriously out of place if they described the politician as "female" instead of merely stating the name.
I am not saying that "History of Canadian women" is not a justifiable topic. But I am going to state that if this article is valid, then the matching article "History of Canadian men" ought to be considered.
The inroduction requires intelligent rewriting.
Amandajm ( talk) 00:59, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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The History of Canadian women covers half the population, but until recent years only comprised a tiny fraction of the historiography.
This statement, as it is made in this sentence is badly contrived to the extent of being sexist and just plain ridiculous.
The writer of this sentence is treating the females of the Canadian population as an "other", or a very large minority.
Women are not a distinct subgroup within the population. The historic events that affected Canadian people affected males and females. History didn't pass them by. They were a 50% part of it! The question to ask here is "Has anyone written a History of Canadian men?"
I am not asking this to be facetious. I am asking it in full knowledge of the fact that History is written mainly from a male point of view, and deals with areas of activity such as politics, war and business which have, in the past, been almost exclusively male arenas. However, with females actively part of politics, war and business, they are also part of the events and the history (as written), not simply affected by it. Basically, Written History primarily concerns the pushers and shovers. Women are included in the written history, when they push and shove. This is the case whether they are pushing and shoving against male dominance or alongside men in the various fields that motivate historians to write. For example, a female politician is concerned primarily with people's rights and conditions, and participates in decision-making to that effect. A Historian writing about a bill proposed by a female politician would be seriously out of place if they described the politician as "female" instead of merely stating the name.
I am not saying that "History of Canadian women" is not a justifiable topic. But I am going to state that if this article is valid, then the matching article "History of Canadian men" ought to be considered.
The inroduction requires intelligent rewriting.
Amandajm ( talk) 00:59, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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