World Herstory: from the Remedial Herstory Project

Ancient Rome and Greece established gender norms that would last millennia in the western world. These norms diminished women's rights and subjugated them to the domestic sphere. And yet, there was nuance and differences across the early western world. ​Trigger Warning: for discussion of sexual assault and rape. Find the bibliography, transcript. and learning materials that support this episod...

Emerging hierarchies in the city states changed women's roles forever, but not all city states were the same. Some gave women greater social respect as others. It's important to dive into these nuances and the roles that women DID play in the city states. Find the bibliography, transcript. and learning materials that support this episode at:  https://www.remedialherstory.com/4-4000-1000-bc...

The Agricultural Revolution allowed humanity to evolve from hunter gather societies to societies capable of building advanced and enormous civilizations, but did we lose more than we gained? Maybe. Women became slaves to the grind stone, health declined, and hierarchies established gender norms that lasted millennia. Birth rates improved, surpluses of food, and everything considered modern evolved...

Female goddesses in all their sexualized glory can be found across the globe in the ancient world. What can these goddesses tell us about pre-historic and ancient faiths, and what can they tell us about gender dynamics? Quite a lot. Was there ever a great goddess-- more powerful than the male gods? Probably not. Find the bibliography, transcript. and learning materials that support this episode at...

Paleo-anthropologists can track human evolution and migration in prehistory by using the remains of women. Such findings have provided some of the most important breakthroughs in our understanding of the past. Humans emerged as hunters and gatherers, and a specific gender dynamic evolved as groups learned to survive. However, there is a debate about whether in fact we can “see gender” in the arche...