Sweden’s New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Hen

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13. I will let "herstory is history written from a feminist perspective" speak for itself

Nobody would dare to deny that women have suffered due to gender bias. However, there is only one history and that is what really happened. To label a special feminist history as the utterly inanely termed, herstory implies, does not help women at all.

Instead, you could do what many historians are doing and that is digging into the facts and telling things as they happened.

Again, fucking Sweden has got it right. First you tackle the cultural battles, correcting the history. Then you can work on rhetoric. The former drives the latter.

The word herstory implies that there is a different history for women, than men. Culturally, this is true, but there really is only one true history, and it may not support women (it doesn't) but it is what it is. Instead of using that to educate people, do women actually want a different history for them? Gawd, I would hope not.

Dare I quote George Santayana here?
I hope I wouldn't have to.

Sorry for the passion here. It is one to which I have a lot. Forgive me, please.