"History was, and still is, written by men; white men for the most part" says Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova had enough and she lashed out on social media platform Twitter against the patriarchal nature of society.

Navratilova's response came when she saw a post on social media that enraged her. The post in question tells the story of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a physicist who proposed in 1925 that the sun was actually made out of helium and hydrogen. A professor to whom she explained rejected her theory but realized a few years later that she is right and took credit.

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Navratilova retweeted that and added the caption:

"Wow! Never heard of this brilliant woman. Why? Because history was ,and still is written by men. White men for the most part. And I am so tired of it #f**kthepatriarchy:"

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Wow! Never heard of this brilliant woman. Why? Because history was ,and still is, written by men. White men for the most part. And I am so tired of it… #fuckthepatriarchy

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