I am once again thrilled to present another fun and fascinating class: The Stronger Sex? The Evolution of Woman, beginning on September 3rd!
Our history has largely been written by men to valorize their activities, but much of it is false—as when women’s contributions are attributed to men—or misleading—as when only a narrow range of human experience is recorded. As scientists and archaeologists look more closely at the historical record, it becomes clear that neither our symbolic nor written contemporary histories fully reflect reality. While men’s and women’s bodies evolved with different strengths and limitations, it is the cultural framing of the male body as normative, and the female body as deviant, that has most disadvantaged women.
What if we were to measure human strength by what the female body does best: resisting disease, sustaining endurance, living longer, adapting both physically and emotionally, and enduring pain? What might change if women were recognized as complete and equal human beings?
Whether you simply want to honor women as fully human or feel the call to explore the Female Divine, reclaiming women’s authority, agency, and centrality in the human story offers us all the possibility of personal empowerment, a more generous and compassionate community, and a more life-affirming world.
Sign up here – we’re looking forward to seeing you online!
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Graphic: The Sense of Sight, ca. 1895, British artist Annie Louisa Swynnerton