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Timeflyer

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7. Historically there's so much literature that could offend women, but we still have to know what women faced

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Nov 3, 2023, 02:13 PM

Nov 2023

in the past, so we don't let those social conditions develop again. They were wrong then, but they were accepted. Still remember trying to understand how, in the Iliad, it was a-ok that a young woman is captured and kept like a slave/war trophy. The truth of history is often uncomfortable. But so is learning math (speaking for myself).

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Students hated 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Their teachers tried to dump it. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

Truth can be painful Bayard Nov 2023 #1

My thoughts are to assign watching the movie in class, rather than reading the book FakeNoose Nov 2023 #2

Yes it hurts, that's the IDEA. elleng Nov 2023 #3

I don't get how "progressive" teachers wouldn't want to teach this book groundloop Nov 2023 #4

What I got from the article ggma Nov 2023 #5

That's what it seemed like to me. electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #8

I didn't get even that much -- I just got mad gg59 Nov 2023 #9

I wasn't advancing an opinion; ggma Nov 2023 #10

I agree with one of the responses after the article Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #6

Historically there's so much literature that could offend women, but we still have to know what women faced Timeflyer Nov 2023 #7

It's removed from the required reading list but not banned. Local articles... uppityperson Nov 2023 #11