Positive Developments for Women Flashcards
1
Q
What did Christianity offer in the west
A
alternative opportunities for women to pursue literacy and avoid childrearing as nuns
2
Q
What was Khula?
A
the ability to initiate a divorce in Muslim territories
3
Q
What did Some pastoral and Nomadic tribes condone
A
female property and inheritance rights, and some even utilized women in battle
4
Q
A Mongolian princess who was in battle?
A
Khutulun
5
Q
In West Africa, women generally retained what despite religions in the area?
A
their open sexuality
6
Q
What did The spread of Buddhism in Asia offer
A
a more egalitarian outlook and marginal legal rights to women
7
Q
What did gender parallelism do for women?
A
allowed women to operate as equals in society with different [limited] roles;
8
Q
Where was gender parallelism seen?
A
the Americas
