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Exterminating Literacy Would Turn the World into Goddess Worshipping, Earth Loving Hippies – Doesn’t sound too bad
“The Alphabet Versus The Goddess” constantly reminded me of a book idea a girl in my senior year AP Euro class recommended, history from the perspective of taxation. However, instead of taxation, Leonard Shlain examines history from the view of literacy and its effect on the feminine. He claims that “writing fosters a patriarchal outlook” dissolving the role of the goddess and effectively the rights of women.