QQC 2 Millie Gamarra

"Hence, even though the rhetorical power of the oppressed and marginalized (the Sophists or Aspasia,  for example) have yet to be the mainstream (or what Mary O'Brien calls the "male-stream") of rhetoric, the influence of the oppressed and marginalize is no longer gendered as a space reserved to enhance the center." (Glenn 295)

This quote is  relevant because it highlights that the inclusion of marginalized groups into our views of history does not equate discrediting our original ideas, but rather levels out the playing field for all realities to be acknowledged. Creating a multidimensional view of human history is necessary, and allows us to reshape the ways in which we deal with history and who claims this history, thus shaping the future. It also points out the fact that gender (as well as other social constructs) has and is, used as a way to implement and negate complete existences, and accomplishments in order to continue to create its gluttonous narrative.

 In the Aspasia text (RT p.56 and 57), it is said that Aspasia might have been the one who taught Socrates the Socratic method, as well as being one of Pericles main advisers. It even states that she married a man of a "lower-class" and managed to turn him into an Athenian leader, someone of importance. This is not reflected in our current popular notions of the history of rhetoric, or for that matter the history of philosophy and politics. With the Socratic method being trademarked after Socrates, making him one of the most relevant figures in human trajectory. How do you see this reflected in today's society (even with other marginalized groups),  beyond women being unable to take credit for their attainments, but rather in the ways in which the oppressed are seen and navigate in society?