And OP: You're female? Why were there so few female major players in politics, philosophy, society in general, arts, etc., throughout modern recorded history? Even today, most major artists are male, most major chefs are male, most philosophy was formulated by males, most of the hard sciences are male dominated, etc. etc. It couldn't be due to just discrimination. Males and females use their brains differently. Males seem to deal far better with the abstract and abstract thought than females. I think this is the dominant reasons why males dominate so many fields.