What women want as a class is irrelevant. I want to know about Aristotle. It is true that most women care nothing about him, and a great many male undergraduates turn pale and faint at the thought of him-but I, eccentric individual that I am, do want to know about Aristotle, and I submit that there is nothing in my shape or bodily functions which need prevent my knowing about him. Dorothy L. Sayers
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This quote is a compelling argument for the idea that women do not necessarily want the same things as the rest of the world. In fact, women appear to be more interested in knowing about a man who lived 2,000 years before them. It is true that most women have little interest in Aristotle, but those without interest in him do not have to be as concerned as those with an interest. Aristotle may have been a product of his time and his gender, but he still offers a lot of information about history and science that is important for women to learn. Today’s women have a right to know about him, just as Aristotle had a right to be known today.

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