The Ascent of Woman on BBC2

[CaveMum]

Anyone else watching?

A 4 part documentary looking at women's role through history. The first part looks at ancient civilisations and why/how the role of women in society changed.

[LineyReborn]

Yes I saw it! I thought it would be awful but it was ok. Loved the interview with Ian Hodder.

[CaveMum]

Second episode about to start

[LineyReborn]

I'll have to watch it on catch-up. Did you enjoy it?

[CaveMum]

I did. It focussed on women in the East - predominantly Vietnam, China and Japan. Interestingly the Chinese principal of Yin and Yang used to be that the two opposites were equal, including male and female, but it was reinterpreted by influential male scholars to make the male more dominant. What a surprise!

[LineyReborn]

I'll try and watch it tonight. Sounds interesting.

Does she jump around with / fast-forward her timeline in this one too, to enhance her narrative? It was the main issue I had with episode 1, which I did enjoy watching though.

[rogueantimatter]

Loving this programme. Makes a change to have some herstory instead of the usual history.....

[CaveMum]

She did jump around a bit but I didnt think it detracted from the programme. I was a bit when she got emotional over an ink well, but I can understand her reasoning behind it.

[LineyReborn]

Still haven't watched it yet ... but I will!

[deadwitchproject]

I really enjoyed it. Have a good friend who is Assyrian who watched it too, was very shocked to learn of the ancient "rules". Looking forward to part 3.