Hero, Servo, Slave

January 16, 2021

When we talk of heroes, society’s gender bias automatically thinks of men, but if you look deeper into the etymological origins of the word ‘hero’, is there a sad truth to why?

Edit: turns out hero likely origins from ‘hērōs’! Interesting comments below from @saylor_twift 👍

Source:
UN Forced Labour Convention tinyurl.com/y5b9ylqr
Qatar Word Cup, Amnesty: tinyurl.com/j8rdsfp
The Great Wall tinyurl.com/y86u6r2s

Image by King Lip

#endslavery #slaverystillexists #menaregood #feminism #feminist #egalitarian #egalitarianism #equality #hero #qatar #khalifastadium #unttm #theunttm


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