“Scholarly research, like many things, comes inbuilt with certain assumptions, biases and omissions.
Take history and historical research. Yawning over centuries and straddling continents, so often the history recorded, studied and researched is a history of the accomplishments, milestones and experiences of men.
It is the history of royal bloodlines, religions, battlefields, explorers and scientists. Women have often been reduced to the footnoted wife or mother of a notable historical figure.
However, this account of history often poses as neutral, and just the way things happened.”
Read full article by Laura Soderlind in The Age here.