De Genus Discrimen - On Gender Discrimination What Did Philosophers Say? Gender discrimination plagued mankind since the dawn of civilisation. Fuelled by ignorance and prejudice, religion played, and continues to play the starring role. In the three monotheistic religions, God is male, the Father, He has a son. 'Bacchus, Tobacco and Venus reduce man to ashes.' This old say is not funny, it is an insulting stereotype to women. At its best, it implies that women are maintained by men, for they are too stupid to contribute to the family. At its worst, it implies that women are toys to buy for pleasure. In this essay, I’ll take you through Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India, Ancient Israel, Ancient Islam, the Low Middle Age, the Rinascimento, the 17th, 18th (the Enlightenment), 19th, 20th and 21st century, to discover how philosophers dealt with racial discrimination. Starring Socrates, The Greek Atomists, Democritus, Pl
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