What's the Role of the Male Dominant View of Stoicism?

I think we've got to talk about gender because the stoic thinkers we've talked about are all blokes. The role of the male dominated view of stoicism is I think one a reflection of the fact that the ancient world was inherently a patriarchy. And you do have to compensate for that as you tell stories. Part of the reason I tell modern stories in a lot of my books is that I want to be able to highlight people that were if not intentionally stoic, at least exhibiting stoic traits."