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[ThomasPowers]

So smote it be!

Actually I was wondering about gender variations of jobs: Brewer:Brewster, Actor:Actress, Hammer:Hamster, Spinner:Spinster, Poet:Poetess, Shepherd:Shepherdess...

But several like mason or smith; I don't know of a term for the distaff craftspeople...

[jlpservicesinc]

Us girls used to take on many roles which otherwise would have been men's..   Biggest problem was the oppression of females and gender inequality..  Strength simply ruled the day.. A gun or a knife helps but when your half the size well it sure is tough..  History also shunned the female heroines.. 

In certain states if the husband died without a will it reverted back to a male relative despite the wife..  In other areas it was forbidden for women to own property outright.. 

We are scrappers..  And many of use look good doing it..  I often find I have mixed emotions about it because sometimes part of me wants to be the helpless damsel in distress when I'm feeling blue, but then I snap out of it when quality is vital to what is being made.. 

I love getting all dolled up but it sure is hard to look good when you have mascara and lipstick smeared across your face..  Was 94F in the trailer today as I worked away on the latest video..  

[TwistedCustoms]

I've often wished the history we were taught was a more honest picture of the world but history is written by the victors. I was about twelve when I read Winston Churchill, "History of the English Speaking Peoples" In that work he treats, briefly, the story of Boudicca, the English Woman and tribal leader who gave the ninth legion a hard go during the Roman occupation of Britain. For some reason that story sparked my enthusiasm for adventure more than Malory and his Knights. I suspect the reason her story and probably countless others have been glossed over or omitted all together is because they challenge the notions of gender rolls in patriarchal society.