Timothy Furnish, Author at The Stream

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Timothy Furnish

Timothy Furnish holds a Ph.D. in Islamic, World and African history (Ohio State, 2001). He is a former U.S. Army Arabic linguist and, later, civilian consultant to U.S. Special Operations Command. He’s author of books on the Middle East and Middle-earth; history professor; and sometime media opiner (as, for example, on Fox News Channel’s “War Stories: Fighting ISIS”). He currently writes for and consults The Stream on International Security matters.

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Opinion, Sexuality, Society, Sports | 3 years ago

I Beat Women at Fencing. I’m Not Especially Proud of That

A few years ago, teaching college world history, I was discussing why premodern armies were virtually always male. One young woman in my class took exception. “We can do anything y’all men can do,” she said. I replied, “Then why…