Women’s Stories Throughout History are Untold
Humanity has existed for over 300,000 years in terms of development into our current forms.
Humanity developed language 50,000 years ago, but within that combined timespan, humankind started recording history only 5000 years ago.
It’s a stark reality that only 1.6% of the past 5000 years of history, a mere fraction, has been recorded.
And what’s been typically recorded? The stories of men and empires.
Those remembered people tend to be the wealthiest and most powerful in society, which again historically tended to be men.
Also, historians love empires because empires have excellent record-keeping, and those records help historians understand the past.
Again, the past tense to be recorded by men excludes women from the historical narrative, making them merely an afterthought.
There is an extensive data gap regarding women’s contribution to the development of human civilisation when it comes to understanding history and our society.
If you look at history, what is being recorded shows that the development of human civilisation is primarily a male endeavour.
This can be argued to different extents, which I will happily leave for you to discuss in the comments section.
