Thread 17857635

I'm trying to get my daughter interested in history, but I'm not sure what the appeal of history is to girls. I know for guys it's basically Gladiator, Troy or Total War, but what was your entry point? Thank you for any help

>Femanons

Ew, I prefer guys.

>>17857635 (OP)
>Femanons of /his/
Cryptid threads belong on /x/

Closest thing to a woman in this forums is a tranny( all the mods)

>>17857641
>Simon sees a thread
>"QUICK! SAY SOMETHING DEGENERATE, IGNORANT, OR DOWNRIGHT STUPID!"
>fat fingers a number of greasy Cheeto-encrusted keys
>hits post
Simon Salva, everyone.

>>17857655

Not accurate at all.

>>17857635 (OP)
So an important question here is how old your daughter is. I'm going to assume young enough where you could still read books to her without it coming off as patronizing. My entry point to history was the history of the American revolution, but that's because I grew up near a bunch of the major sites and would notice the monuments and markers during family outings and get curious. What really got me into history was that a family friend fed my interest by giving me a complete set of those "A History of Us" books by Joy Hakim when I was 8. I'm assuming your daughter hasn't had a similar experience with your area, so basically I have two suggestions:
1) If you live near the site of some really interesting historical event, you could take her there and show her around and tell her the story of what happened there and stuff
2) If not, you could pick a good book about the history of your country (preferably one about an important woman) and try reading it to her at bedtime

how can you get women to care about history when they played no part in it?

History is all about people dying and things collapsing and everyone being sad so women do not want to hear about it. They may think you're a bad person for being interested in it. All women think history should end right now and we should forget about everything that happened and just get along forever after.

>>17857668
I live near some Roman ruins, so maybe I can focus on important women in Rome? Minerva and such? In England, we could do Boudica and Victoria, but that's very wary, and we're back in battle territory. We could learn Latin together, maybe. Conscious that women in Rome weren't treated amazingly well compared to today

get them into historical fashion
I couldn't tell you the difference between Victorian and Regency styles but women are obsessed with that kind of shit. That and Titanic.

>>17857635 (OP)
why? stop trying to make her you

>>17857681
>there are roman ruins nearby
Obviously kids are not all the same, but I would have been all over that sort of thing as a kid. Ruins where I live, left behind from centuries ago by a huge empire that came from far away? I would have had a million follow up questions. I'd honestly try taking her there and seeing if she gets similarly interested when you explain what the ruins are, and if she is you can just tell her the basic story of how they got there, what they were for, etc. If there's not much left a visual of what it used to look like might also be helpful if she's like, pretty young. The focus doesn't necessarily have to be on important women if it's not super related, that was intended as more of a second option. If she does seem interested in learning more about Rome it's definitely a good idea to sprinkle that stuff in, I think Molly Pitcher is probably singularly responsible for getting me into the battles aspect of Revolutionary War history as a little kid (to the point that a park ranger gave 9 year old me a copy of Jane's Guide to Field Artillery when I correctly identified a 75 pounder gun at Saratoga). Given that you live in England things like Victoria (and the Victorian era of course) are also not a bad bet.

>>17857635 (OP)
Get her into mythology and then she can read into the religious history when she grows older I guess. Since myths feature plenty of women, it will be easier for her to relate to the characters.

>>17857725
>Molly Pitcher
I'd never even heard of her.
I'll take her there on the weekend and make a day of it then. I don't actually know what these ruins are to be fair, probably just another outpost but I'll do some research just in case she asks. There are also medieval shows at Warwick Castle, and I'll try to get tickets too. You know they aren't amazingly accurate, but it seems like something she'd enjoy.
>a park ranger gave 9 year old me a copy of Jane's Guide to Field Artillery when I correctly identified a 75 pounder gun at Saratoga
That's fucking awesome. Do you still have it?

>>17857635 (OP)
>Femanons

>>17857741
>Never heard of her
I mean she was a minor figure of propaganda who even in the US isn't universally known, so I'm not surprised lol. I just thought the idea of a woman joining the battle as part of the cannon crew was cool.
>That's fucking awesome. Do you still have it?
A great question, it's probably boxed up somewhere in my parents' basement. I didn't wind up going down the military history nerd route so I basically skimmed it a few times and then forgot about it.

>>17857652
I like transwomen

>>17857688
People say this and then they can't relate to their children and some even troon out.

>>17857748
Gross

>>17857646
This but for all boards aside /adv/, /soc/ and the cosplay one

>>17857635 (OP)
>for guys it's basically Gladiator, Troy or Total War
Really, nigga?
>>17857686
I'm a guy and I like fashion. And weapons. Craftsmanship. I also like it when things are told as stories. Gossip, essentially.
OP, it depends on what your daugt
gter's interests are.

>>17857635 (OP)
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>>17857635 (OP)
I had these cool history books as a little kid, but desu I think its a thing you either are into innately or you’re never into it.

>>17857635 (OP)
Use reverse psychology and tell her that women are too silly to care about history.

>>17857635 (OP)
Women only like the lgbt love stuff and the feminist part of history. They don't care about anything else.

>>17857635 (OP)
beat and rape her

>>17857655
Highly accurate w/digits and everything

>>17857635 (OP)
women love ancient greek mythos and victorian aesthetics

>>17857918
you don't tell a child that you demonic autist