Female views of the world, especially of the past, are still largely ignored. The texts dealt with in most schools are almost exclusively representative of male perspectives and genres of certain eras are oriented towards male writing. There is far too little in-depth analysis and criticism of the sexism contained in most of the classics written by men. Problematic and outdated images of women in canonized texts are usually accepted without question. 

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However, the history of women and female writing is largely different from that of men. Their perception of the world, their perspectives, their realities of life have always differed fundamentally. A young girl attending school should have the right to learn about this history.

It is very easy to graduate from high school without ever having read a work written by a woman. This means that students miss out on a range of great literature and just like that female history is made invisible in favor of male history.

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School is one of the most important places of socialization - both in the sense of reading socialization and in the sense of socialization through reading. Stories tell readers what they can become in this world. Therefore, canonization and literary historiography need to be discussed anew for schools.

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For this reason, the EPESEP team is working with a panel of female experts consisting of authors, literary scholars, critics, historians, educationalists, publishers, booksellers and teachers to develop a feminist reading list for lessons in schools across Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Armenia which will be submitted to the respective Ministries of Education for adaptation, once completed.