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Both Riane Eisler and Gerda Lerner have an agenda: to help create a future of gender equality. And they even have the same philosophical approach: to make that future possible by pointing to a distant past where gender equality seems to have been a reality.  Eisler builds on other scholars' work, and Lerner draws her own conclusions as a historian, but their concept is the same: Pointing to gender equality in the past can help pave way for gender equality in the future.

As you already know, Essay #1 has a prompt featuring both scholars, so you can regard this discussion as a kind of a rehearsal for your essay. I want you to weigh in here, and you're welcome to post your own opinion, or comment on another student's post (remember to mention her/his/their name!): Do you think the Eisler/Lerner approach works? Is it necessary to show that once upon a time there was gender equality in order to make it happen? Or is looking to the past actually irrelevant for creating a gender-equal future?

150-300 words