Essay Womens Rights Prehistory till 1500Ce - 605 Words

How Women’s Roles in History are Different of Those Today Cassandra Dunseath HIS103: World Civilizations Rebekah Kennedy October 7, 2013 How Women’s Roles in History are Different of Those Today In the last three decades women’s roles in society have changed. We are now seen as more than just a pretty face that can cook, clean, and take care of our children. Throughout history, we have seen more and more of these â€Å"gender roles,† and also viewed differently in the past. Women played a major role in prehistory to 1500 CE. So, what roles did women play in society at that time? Were they treated or viewed differently or the same as men this this time? In this essay I will be trying to answer these†¦show more content†¦But still at this time men were viewed differently than women were viewed. In the Era of Confucius, 80 CE, women didn’t matter that much at all. However as I read in the article, Lessons for a woman, a women took it upon herself to create how she feels her and her daughters should be taught and what their customs are. The rules that she expects women to follow are somewhat practical. She states that women should be respectful and Put others before herself. A women should go to bed late but rise early to get her chores and daily duties done. It also states on how married men and women should act. It also states that a woman should have four qualifications, womanly virtue, womanly words, womanly bearing, and womanly work. It was important back then for a woman to be seen and not heard. Again women still had the rough life and were only viewed as mothers and house wives back in this time period. In the Mayan Empire women varied according to class. The wealthy women had slaves and other servants who met their every need. Poor women like farmer’s wives had to cook, care for their children weave or sew and help their husbands grow crops. The wealthier women did not have any political power. Also these women could be used as pawns in marriage to secure better diplomatic relations between cities or between families, as was done in other soci eties at the time (Mahdavi, F.