Misty ([info]aurora_nebulosa) wrote in [info]classical_world,
2011-08-21 21:53:00
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Female Literacy

I'm wondering, does anyone have any good/reliable resources (preferably online) or can anyone give me a brief run-down of what female literacy rates were like within the classical world (central and peripheral) among Roman citizens from about the 1st to the 3rd centuries A.D.? What percentage of women, and, indeed, what type of women were literate? Concerning the women who were literate, how literate did they to / could they be?; was the reading level very basic or did some (or many?) read critically?

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[info]alierakieron

August 22 2011, 01:56:48 UTC 8 months ago

We don't even have a good grasp on the GENERAL literacy rates, and the answers are very controversial.

[info]kataplexis

August 22 2011, 03:13:12 UTC 8 months ago

Your continual need to cross post to communities for these questions is annoying as is your failure to acknowledge when you are given helpful replies.

[info]fellmama

August 22 2011, 03:24:22 UTC 8 months ago

You know, I've done a fair amount of research on this (like actually writing a paper on the Ploutogenia/Paniskos archive and whatnot), and I was all getting ready to see if that Ramsay MacMullen article about graffiti at Pompeii was online anywhere and maybe dig out some of my grad school files.

And then I thought about it.

And I didn't.

[info]kataplexis

August 22 2011, 03:30:32 UTC 8 months ago

Yeah. I gave some useful advice on the 4xposted Greek verb chart question and got no thanks. If this person is a grad student in classics as I think it is, I hope thenin person etiquette is better. Being gracious about help and knowing how and who to ask has gotten me 2 book contracts. And made some very good friends. But they just as easily could have been not friends had I been an ass.

[info]mallyns

September 2 2011, 20:18:17 UTC 8 months ago Edited:  September 2 2011, 20:18:48 UTC

They seem to be an ass. From what I have gather from the other com that He spams, he is an ass. He is apparently thinks women shouldn't read, write, or have thoughts but only should serve their husbands.

So, if you are female then that is why you are not getting thanked. Clearly, you were doing your job as a good little servant.

Frankly, if I never see another post from this person it will be too soon. I really wish they would get out of Classics.

[info]kataplexis

September 3 2011, 01:28:02 UTC 8 months ago

Pretty sure, though, that it is a "She".

[info]mallyns

September 5 2011, 03:41:52 UTC 8 months ago

Ah, I messed up. Her being female just makes it worse. I have only encounter two females in my life that thought this way. It is a shocker every time.
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