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Women and Gender Status in World History Flashcards

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1671758078000-600: nomadic women-relatively high status b/c of food gathering responsibilities -not many children b/c of lifestyle0
1671758088000-600: early settled, agricultural communitiessettled life, surplus of food led to larger # or children. women more tied to home, children, household tasks -men concerned about paternity before male heir to land-->beginnings of patriarchy1
1671758098000-600: Egyptian women-treated w/ more respect, legal rights, social freedoms than other cultures of this time period2
167175810Nubia (Kush)matrilineal more freedoms like in Egypt3
1671758118000-600: classic Greeks and Romans-tight family structure with husband/father in control -women kept at home with little involvement in public/political life though they did serve as priestesses -some active in business and were landowners4
1671758128000-600: Early Christianity-lived in small communal groups -sharing food and income -women sometimes took turns leading religious services5
1671758138000-600: Han China Women-three submissions: parents, husband, then son -arranged marriages -lived w/ husband's family -rigid patriarchy -Confucianism adopted during this time6
167175814600-1450: Pre-islamic arab women-important economic roles in clan life, but performed drudge labor -no veils, no seclusion -multiple marriage partners for both sexes -males honored as warriors so they were favored for property, inheritance, and divorce7
167175815600-1450: early islamic women in Umayyad Caliphate-Muhammad strengthens women's legal inheritance and divorce rights -women only had one husband -men usually had four wives whom he treated equally -adultery equally denounced for both genders -more favorable status of women8
167175816600-1450: Abbasid Caliphate-men said that women had incurable lust so they must be segregated, harems, veiling, male dominance, concubines -poor women economically active -rich women stayed at home9
167175817600-1450: Sudanic (grasslands) Africa (Ghana and Mali)-Muslim women in urban areas not secluded or veiled -participate in public life and private discussions -singers, dancers -relative freedom of action and clothing shocked Ibn battuta -ME demanded these women as concubines/slaves10
167175818600-1450: Medieval European Women-more urban and complex cultre led to male dominance -males reinterpret Bible to placerestrictions on women11
167175819600-1450: Aztec Women-skill in weaving was esteemed -spent a lot of time grinding maize by hand -subordinate to males in political and social life12
167175820600-1450: Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1127)-footbinding of upperclass women in later half of this period -patriarchy of Ne-Confucianism kept women from education, civil service, inheritance, and other rights13
167175821600-1450: Heian and Kamakura Japan-women at court expected to be as cultured as men, but their lives were spent mostly in isolation studying Buddhism and writing -other women became appendages of warrior husbands or fathers -lost ritual roles and were replaced in the the theater by men.14
167175822600-1450: Vietnam-women active in the community, political life, and wet rice farming -most freedom and influence of any women of this time period -Trung sisters led the first century CE revolt against Han invaders-->national heroes15
167175823600-1450: Mongol (Later Yuan) Dynasty-women had greater freedom of movement, rights to property, and other opportunities-->like other nomadic cultures -some hunted and went to war -refused to adopt footbinding when in control of china16
167175824600-1450: India (outside mughal empire) regional hindu kingdoms-patriarchy -sati -child marriages -wedding dowries: meant that females were a burdan to the families which led to occasional infantcide17
167175825600-1450: Europe-marriage among non-elites led to smaller and nuclear families -less harsh discipline of children, more affection btw family members -women were a common target of witchcraft hysteria18
167175826600-1450: Latin America-sexual exploitation of indigenous and African women by European male settlers -small amount of Euro women led to many ethnic intermarriages -women under male authority -upperclass women confined to housework -lower class women active in many economic activities19
167175827600-1450: Ottomon and Safavid-women subordinate to fathers and husbands -elite women had few opportunities for expression outside of home -harems, veiling, concubines continue20
167175828600-1450: Mughal india under Akbar-short lived attempts to outlaw sati -discouraged arranged and child marriages -special market days where women (both hindu and muslim) could come out of homes21
167175829600-1450: India after Akbar-sati increases among upper class -increased arranged/child marriages, seclusion of all women -wedding dowries-->burden on poor families-->female infanticide22
167175830600-1450: African Women-desired for sexual and domestic employment in Ottoman Empire -not as valuable for slavery in W hemisphere - some cultures were matrilineal23
167175831600-1450: Ming China-confined to home, status based on amount of male children -some independence as courtesans and entertainers -some footbinding in upper class -some female infanticide24
1671758321750-1914: Western Europe-lower class women were paid 1/3 men's wages in mines and factories -public education increases for women -elite women influence Enlightenment as writers -organized salons -active in revolutions -slavery abolitionism -early socialism -beginning of women's suffrage movements25
1671758331750-1914: Qing China/Manchus (1644-1911)-working class women work w/ husband in business or fields -confucianist submission, caring for home and family, other work -cannot inherit or own property -footbinding in upper classes -some fight in women's brigades. Taiping rebellionand 1911 revolution -some educational opportunities at Christian missionary schools -some female infanticide26
1671758341750-1914: Meiji Japan (1868-1918)-women from home textile production to industrialized silk/cotton mills -poorly paid single women in grim working conditions. -laws reinforced confucian patriarchy, restrictions of political rights -public education encourages girls to be "good wives, wise mothers"27
1671758351750-1914: Latin America-participated in 1820s independence movements, but no resulting political rights -women owned and operated textile, craft, and food businesses, spin, weave, garden to assist family income -culture of machismo influenced rigid standards of female behavior -primary role as wives and mothers reinforced by catholocism28
1671758361750-1914: Sub-saharan Africa-participate in resistance to colonial rule -performed 85% of all work -men control cattle and livestock -women aren't threatened by slave trade until late 1800s -men had to migrate away to find work--> bad for family unit -islamic expansion influenced women's roles and rights -some educational opportunities at christian missionary schools29
1671758371914-present: Western Euro and US-worked in WWI industries, lost jobs after war -won voting rights -prosperity and falling birth rates created more freedoms -1950s: increased educational opportunities, employment as teachers scretatries clerks and nurses -1960s: later feminist movement-access to birth control, rapidly decreasing birthrates, population declined in some countries (but not necessarily unhealthily)30
1671758381914-present: Soviet Union-rights often meant hard physical labor job for women, then apartment work and children rearing w/ little help from husbands -focus on industrialization and military build-up, few consumer goods, including birthcontrol...about 7 abortions average for married women31
1671758391914-present: Japan-US occupation, education for women, voting, and other legal rights -traditional culture/patriarchy limited female options in reality -university grads often low pay/status "office ladies" until marriage -focus on household tasks and child rearing, husband worked long hours, little recreational and leisure time activities w/ husband or father -->fewer women marry creating a rapidly falling birth rate32
1671758401914-present: Latin America-reformers feared that women tied to the catholic church might become a conservative political force so the role of women slowly changed -activist feminist movement and voting rights did not end male prejudice against equal partition of women in political life -by 1980s women were closest to western female patterns than other non western world religions33
1671758411914-present: Women in African and South Asian nationalist movements-Euro schools in peripheries created educated, articulate and politically active women -full equality after independence not yet reached -super poor education for women -poor sanitation, lack of food, high infant and maternity death rates -male oriented culture -tradition and religious fundamentalism lowered female equality of life and btw genders34
1671758421914-present: communist china-many worked in new occupations -received legal equality to men after 1949 revolution -some freedom in choosing marriage partners but they were expected to work outside of the home -Mao zedong committed to liberation of women-"women hold up half the sky" -gov efforts to lower pop. by limiting amount of children to one (mostly in urban areas) or two children -many aborted female children so they could have males to carry on the family name, perform family rituals, and take care of the elderly parents - severe shortage of young marriageable women35
1671758431914-present: India-British outlawed Sati and female infanticide -less education and health care for girls, abortion of female babies, arranged marriages, dowries, dowry deaths continue in rural areas -severe shortage of young marriageable women -quality of life for females in urban areas improved36

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