QQC #2

Quote: "We could know Aspasia the same way we know Socrates--from secondary sources. The surviving fragments and references to Aspasia's intellect in the work of male authors compelled me to piece those fragments together to see what an who appeared, what was present, what was missing. Historiography, reading it crooked and telling it slant, could help me shape--re-member--a female rhetorical presence."

Question: Women were very much in the foreground of rhetorical discourse from the beginning of rhetorical discourse. Their voice was minimal, but why does Glenn say she has to read it crooked or tell it in a slant in order to understand and remember female rhetorical presence? Is it because their views were different than males? Is it because there is a sense of "men are always right" and "women are not"? Or is there something else that differentiates between male and female rhetoricians?