I’ve recently caught myself admitting the fact that I’d rather consult a male tech supporter in connection to the computer sphere. Besides, I always feel disappointed when on the other end of the line a young girl answers my call, and even more guilty asking her to get me through to a male counterpart. Why do I discriminate against my ‘gender sisters’? It is so embarrassing that I can not find any excuses for my being so unfair. The other day I read an article on this issue which prefaces its...

The origins of the Amazon image Many of the qualities attributed to the Amazons, such as man-hating, striving for war, and burning breasts for better possession of weapons, may have been a reflection of the Greeks' perceptions of barbaric tribes with which the Greeks came into contact and in which women's position was different from that of the Greeks. Another explanation for the myth lies in the worldview of the ancient Greeks. Thus, one of the stories about the defeat of the Persian army by the...