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[[File:F03oUKZX0AEeiJh.jpeg|thumb|An example of the feminist historical narrative from a Christian song sheet.]]

The [[feminist historical narrative]] is an historical narrative widely believed by [[feminists]] and others.  The feminist historical narrative is so pervasive that even many [[non-feminist]]s accept it.  It is largely built of lies, half-truths and oversimplifications.  The feminist historical narrative covers many areas.

== Ancient Matriarchy ==

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== Oppression ==

Feminists argue that women have historically been systemically oppressed by men.  This is at the centre of much of the outrage that feminists exhibit.

Feminists tend to disagree on how long this apparent oppression went on for. Some say it lasted for a few thousand years while other argue it has existed as long as humans have existed.  The narrative goes on to claim that women were freed by [[feminist]]s during the 20th century although they also often claim that women still need to be freed from the [[Patriarchy]].  The prevalence of women in the public sphere throughout history clearly shows falsity of this claim.

History is replete with examples of women that were allowed to adopt male roles when they wanted to. It may be that these women were perceived by contemporary men as being particularly competent.

Some feminists have even gone on to claim that women were slaves throughout history.  Claims that women could not own property or did not have any rights are more common.  These claims, to the extent that they were ever true, can also be examples of the [[Victorian fallacy]].

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Here [[X]] user ''Tigerfly Free'' claims that women were slaves until two generations ago.<ref>https://twitter.com/tigerfly22/status/1767294668801519766</ref><ref>https://archive.is/wip/V96ub</ref>

== Misogyny ==

Feminists tend to argue that [[misogyny]] has a mainstay of history.  In reality views of women as a group have varied widely around the world and throughout history.  Medieval Europe regarded women as morally superior to men. This view has carried over in to modern [[Western]] society.

== Patriarchy ==

In the West children inherit their father's name because the society was historically [[patrilineal]] not [[patriarchal]].

The feminist claim that ''Patriarchy hurts men too'' is an oxymoron.  Any Patriarchy that did not benefit men would be dysfunctional.  This claim is just a response to MRAs and others successfully raising men's issues.

== Sex ==

Many feminists assert that women were only allowed to enjoy sex relatively recently.  A review of history around the world demonstrates that this is false.  Many ancient societies argued that women had higher [[libido]]s than men.  Some also believed that women experience more pleasure from sex as the ancient Freek story of [[Tiresias]] demonstrates.

== Suffrage ==

Feminists often imply that universal male [[suffrage]] existed for a long period before [[universal suffrage|universal female suffrage]].

In general nations that became independent during the 20th or 21st centuries granted universal suffrage to men and women at the same time.  In nations that became independent before the 20th century men typically led women by a few years or decades in obtaining suffrage.  Even a few decades should be seen as a short period of time given that human political thought has been developing for at least 5000 years.

== Wealth and Power ==

Wealth and power possessed by women relative to men has varied around the world and throughout history.  This can be seen when comparing comtemporary Greek city states like Athens and Sparta.  A strong case can be made that Athenian women had limited political and economic rights compared to [[Sparta]]n women.

== Work ==

== See Also ==

*[[Suffrage]]

== External Links ==

=== Further Reading ===

*[https://avoiceformen.com avoiceformen.com]
*[https://gynocentrism.com gynocentrism.com]
*[https://purplemotes.net purplemotes.net]

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