Female representation across mythologies

M. Janickyj, P. MacCarron, J. Yose, R. Kenna
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Social groups have been studied throughout history to understand how different configurations impact those within them. Along with this came the interest in investigating social groups of both fictional and mythological works. Over the last decade these social groups have been studied through the lens of network science allowing for a new level of comparison between these stories. We use this approach to focus on the attributes of the characters within these networks, specifically looking at their gender. With this we review how the female populations within various narratives and to some extent the societies they are based in are portrayed. Through this we find that although there is not a trend of all narratives of the same origin having similar levels of representation some are noticeably better than others. We also observe which narratives overall prioritise important female characters and which do not.
神话中的女性形象
古往今来,人们一直在研究社会群体,以了解不同的配置如何影响其中的人。与此同时,人们对虚构和神话作品中的社会群体也产生了浓厚的兴趣。在过去的十年中,人们通过网络科学的视角对这些社会群体进行了研究,从而将这些故事之间的比较提升到了一个新的高度。我们使用这种方法关注这些网络中人物的属性,特别是他们的性别。通过这种方法,我们审视了各种叙事中的女性群体以及在一定程度上她们所处的社会是如何被描绘的。由此我们发现,虽然并非所有同源叙事都具有相似的代表性,但有些叙事明显优于其他叙事。我们还观察到哪些叙事总体上优先考虑重要的女性角色,哪些没有。
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