Have and do women contribute as much to Culture, Science and Art as men?
Do women and have women contributed as much to Culture, Art and Science as men. In terms of both quality and quantity? Has feminism increased the female contribution in these areas? Should we value the female intellect as highly?
It's somewhat odd that culture is the one getting the most "no" answers, as it is arguably the only thing that women have been historically able to and allowed to have influence over. Even in situations where women were considered second class citizens, they often weren't the "victims" of culture, but found ways to express themselves in the limited roles they had...
EDIT: I suppose it depends on what people mean by "culture"
Originally posted by Oliver North
It's somewhat odd that culture is the one getting the most "no" answers, as it is arguably the only thing that women have been historically able to and allowed to have influence over. Even in situations where women were considered second class citizens, they often weren't the "victims" of culture, but found ways to express themselves in the limited roles they had...EDIT: I suppose it depends on what people mean by "culture"
I think the answers are regarding the questions asked in the original post, rather than culture, science and art. At least my agreement with Astner was in answer to that.
Originally posted by Anthony Stark..............Quality........Quantity
Do women and have women contributed as much to Culture, Art and Science as men. In terms of both quality and quantity?
Originally posted by Anthony StarkWe could. Or we could go like the Kzinti.
Should we value the female intellect as highly?
On some levels women have influenced Culture and some rare examples have contributed to Science and Art at a very high level. Is this though a bit like monkeys with typewriters? You have enough, you get something worth reading out...
Where is the female Tesla, Lavoisier, da Vinci, Newton, Archimedes or even Karl Gauss? Where is the female Marx or Machiavelli. I think we have had a number of notable female martyrs who have made a difference. Women can be passionate but can they really on mass contribute?
I think it's yes across the board, actually, though science is tricky. In art and culture women have contributed greatly by not only creating art (particularly music) but also in being the muse and inspiration from which many men produced their art (or for whom it is produced, also, again, particularly in music). While there's not a female equivalent that I am aware of for figures like Socrates, Newton, etc. (mainly due to gender inequality in Western Society keeping women out of higher learning for centuries/millenia), women are still the first teachers of children so they do contribute and provide the foundation.