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>>I've always found it interesting, the ratio between >>boys and girls who study history. I think we at Lee >>may have a little more of the latter than a lot of >>other universities precisely because we have, in >>general, more females than male students. I think it >>stands now at 3 girls for every 1 guy, though when I >>started at Lee in '98, it was closer to 4-5, so things >>have evened out somewhat. Nonetheless, I think there >>is still a disparity, in History and Political Science >>areas, with a vastly larger male than female >>population. I think a lot of it may have to do, at >>least where Medieval history is concerned, with the >>popular idea that it was such a barbarous and >>'uncivilised' age. Feminists like to point the finger >>and say that it was all due to male aggression, which >>went unchecked as women were fettered to what they >>perceive as the rampant chauvanism of the Middle Ages. >> I think that is a gross exaggeration, frankly. Yes, >>I wouldn't go so far as to say that there was anything >>even vaguely resembling equality, but there were >>certainly plenty of feminine role models, and more >>than a few stand out in my mind. Some examples >Ï

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