Chapter 2 Flashcards
What Ancient?
- gender roles were more egalitarian.
- WOMEN had legal rights, could own property, engage in trade and hold positions of power.
- MEN still held higher status and occupied most of the political and religious leadership roles.
Ancient Egypt
What Ancient?
- Highly patriarchal
- MEN held dominant positions in society, politics, and public life.
- WOMEN were restricted to the domestic sphere, expected to manage the household, bear children, and maintain modesty.
Ancient Greece
What Ancient ?
- MEN were the heads of household, held political power, and engaged in public life.
- WOMEN especially the elites had more freedoms, could own property engaged in business and participate in religious rituals.
Ancient Rome
What ancient?
- influenced by confucianism
strict gender roles
- WOMEN were expected to be submissive, obedient, and focused on domestic duties.
- MALE’s authority and filial piety were highly valued.
Ancient China
What Ancient?
WOMEN’s status and roles were often tied to their marital and familial roles.
expected to be obedient to male’s authority.
Ancient India
Men were the ________, expected to __________, and act as the ________ and hold ____________.
breadwinners, engage in paid work, head of the household, political power
Who are more educated, have more opportunities for social, and occupational mobility in Pre-Modern Times?
.
Men
Women, confined to _______, ________, ________ and supporting their ________.
domestic tasks, child rearing, husbands
Who had limited access to education, employment, and financial independence in Pre-Modern Times?
Women
Women should be ________, _______, and obedient to male figures.
submissive, nurturing
__________ brought economic opportunities.
Industrialization
Who began taking paid work outside the home at the advent of modern era?
Women
A movement that late 19th and early 20th century, advocated for women’s right to vote. Challenging conventional notion that political participation was exclusively reserved for men.
Suffragette Movement
A movement where women have gained greater access to education and employment opportunities, and their roles within and outside the household have diversified.
The Feminist Movement
The right of women to vote in elections, emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Women’s Suffrage
- encompasses a broader range of social, economic and political issues related to general equality.
Feminist Movement
- the movement also seeks to challenge and transform patriarchal norms and systems that oppress and marginalize women from various aspects of life.
Feminist Movement
1st wave of Feminism - late ___ and early ____ centuries, focuses on _______ and ________.
19th, 20th, suffrage, legal rights
2nd wave of Feminism - ___ and ____, focuses on _________, _________ and ________.
1960s, 1970s, reproductive rights, workplace discrimination, gender equality
3rd wave of Feminism - ______, addressing _________ and highlighting the ___________.
1990s, intersectionality, experiences of women from diverse backgrounds.
