Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/viking-warrior-gender-roles

Comment #3073

2019-03-11T17:53:37Z

Forget the language; if you want to apologize for something, apologize for the song. I know; I'm the only one in the world who thinks Bohemian Rhapsody sounds like fingernails on a blackboard.

Comment #3072

2019-03-11T13:43:28Z

It amazes me how many perfectly sensible people I know who have become these strange, raging balls of hate over utter nonsense.

As such, I share the following with you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IABRgZH12YA

I apologize for the language, but it seemed apropos.

Comment #3071

2019-03-11T12:36:05Z

Sometimes I think the merry-go-round is accelerating so fast I'll be thrown off whether I want to or not.

Only able to see through the lens of our own narrow ignorance? Too often I think that pretty much defines life today. Or worse, actually. How often are we really seeing, not through our own experience, but through media hype and the prejudices of our peer groups?

Comment #3070

2019-03-11T12:14:27Z

Of note, regarding aptitude tests, I liked that the ASVAB test would assess knowledge and aptitude for a variety of fields, and then indicate how that aptitude compared to both genders. (I scored low on mechanical knowledge but high on aptitude, for example. The knowledge part put me about average with other girls, and well below boys. But the aptitude part ranked me very high amongst other girls and slightly above average boys.)

Comment #3069

2019-03-11T12:10:08Z

I remember this article when it came out. I have a friend studying Viking archaeology, and it bothered her for the same reasons. She said that this grave has been examined for a number of years, and a theory was put forward that the body was female some time back. This was put down, because "everyone knows that there were no female warriors among the Vikings--that's just mythology."

This completely baffles me, because there *ARE* historical records that indicate "gender roles" don't define A) who does what, or B) what it is to be masculine/feminine. When did we become a culture that can't read? That cannot research our own field of study? That can only see people, places, and things through the lens of our narrow ignorance?

I want off the merry-go-round.

Comment #3068

2019-03-11T01:30:27Z

I had forgotten that part of the assessment, Kathy. I don't remember what it said about me, but I can imagine what it did with the idea that I was a physics major. Even back then we were being put into boxes, albeit not of so many different shades.

Comment #3067

2019-03-10T23:29:36Z

Do you remember the aptitude test we took at summer orientation at UR? In addition to telling us what our interests were, it also rated us on a scale of masculinity/femininity. So those of us in the sciences were "masculine." My hallmate who wanted to be a forest ranger was also "masculine."

Comment #3066

2019-03-10T13:26:50Z

Alas, I have to agree with you. One only has to look at today's headlines to see how slowly attitudes change. And not just male attitudes, which is even sadder.