[Valpal1]

There is no direct evidence of the poet's identity and therefore no justification for the customary assumption that the two epics were composed by a man."

But

Women have a long tradition worldwide as makers of oral literature

Am I the only one that sees the contradiction here? Oral tradition identifies a blind male poet called Homer as the author, so I guess the traditional makers and keepers of oral tradition (women) got it wrong.

We're supposed to be in awe of the wisdom and amazing accuracy of oral tradition, except when the liberals want to rewrite it to fit the feminist agenda.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, that seems a little goofy to me as well.

I guess no one has found it offensive that he mentions "women" and "oral tradition" in the same sentence. It's so sexist...