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" The building blocks of discrimination tend to be similar wherever you find them. "

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" Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back. "

" Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our hands dirty, face it, and see why and how it was. "

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" I don't think that we are completely dominated by what we have inherited from the past, but it is the case that as far back as you can go - just to Homer, but also to the literature of Rome, the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance - what you will find is that women's voices are not taken seriously. "

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