ABSTRACT
The academic study of the past has often avoided, for example, questions such as: what economically disadvantaged people did for enjoyment, how parents interacted with their children, how everyday people prayed, washed their clothes, or cut their hair, how people dealt with menstruation, or how they grieved a dead loved one. In the twentieth century, as part of the movement now referred to as postmodernism, academics have begun to self-critically acknowledge that our investigations are not neutral and objective as once was thought. The fact that most ideas that cluster around “feminine” or “masculine” are not set in stone can be demonstrated by the simple observation that these ideas change over time or differ from one country or culture to another. The philosophical school of Stoicism provided a way for more people to see themselves as manly. Intersectionality is term introduced by lawyer and philosopher Kimberlé Crenshaw which means that one type of oppression is never separate from other forms.
