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Time is always a good way to shed light on reality. The historicity of things, people and institutions imprints itself on our thoughts and behaviors, so we are able to understand the foundations of the world we live in by looking at it from a temporal perspective. In this short book we look for the meanings of the ways of thinking that have informed Western culture in the construction and sharing of images, representations and judgments about women. We follow paths that take us from classical antiquity to the 1970s and 1980s. Our intention, besides, of course, trying to get to know the fundamental material of this mentality, is to observe its transformation over time, opening up perspectives that can assess, albeit timidly, advances and limitations in the dissolution of stigmas about women in Western history.
About the author
Fábio L. R. Simão is a History teacher at CAp-COLUNI, Federal University of Viçosa, MG. He has a degree in History, a Master's and a PhD in History, working in the areas of History of Cities and Public Order, History of Women and Gender. His current studies and interests lie in the area of language, ethics and social relations in contemporary times.
