Circle Of Stone Woman's Journey To Herself Summary

In the text Mythology by Edith Hamilton, women are portrayed as being property and objects. During this time women were seen to be not as "good" as men. They saw perfection in relationships between men and young male adults as the best relationships to have. However, homosexuality was frowned upon. Men were considered knowledgeable and educated, but women were seen as a burden placed on man by the Gods. When it came to women nothing was valuable about them but their beauty. When a woman was beautiful she was wanted by many men: a man would do almost anything to have the possession of a beautiful woman and have her as his property. It was as if a woman’s role was to only be a man’s beautiful possession and to procreate the lineage of a

For thousands of years there has been a strong distinction between the roles of men and women. Often times in stories there will be women that are only mentioned for their beauty and charisma. Hardly ever will you see pages upon pages being spent talking about the true character and accomplishments of women characters. Even though stories like The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of Genesis were written thousands of year ago, (when stories were told mostly told from a males perspective) the light shined on women in the texts show them as wise, strong, and greatly influential beings. In The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of  Genesis, the writer shows the women as bringers of knowledge,  guidance, and care to the men in the texts that are lacking thereof.

the Goddess believed that the women were good and should be the leaders of the

The extent and degree of information and detail written in this article about each represented author and their contributing works can ultimately be seen as one of the articles main strengths. However, although this article gives a vast amount of information on the women’s opinions and beliefs the article at times seems disassembled and erratic. The flow of the article is somewhat hard to follow, and without an increased measure of concentration, the ability of the reader to comprehend and decipher whom the author is speaking of can be lost. Also, with the extensive amounts of information and detail that each female author contributes to the argument, readers are bombarded with data to interpret and distinguish upon. With the author of the article not decisively choosing the strongest points of argument from each author, the information becomes overwhelming and possibly confusing at times.

Using uncertainty and stating how the men are meant to know knowledge but women should not even think without consulting the men. She demonstrates this by stating passages from books but not stating which book those passages came from, but a man would know because he is knowledgeable and reads a lot. Also by stating how she is devoted to God and how His opinion and acceptance of her is all that matters shows that the only goal of her life is to be obedient to God and his companions.

A big part of the book talked about how women were dangerous because they were lines. Because women were feared the high council had all the crazy restrictions they had for them in order to protect themselves from the women. “No Female shall walk in any public place without continually keeping up her Peace-

He unveils how they have been shrouded in a society that teaches them to accept their life as property. This is what zinn tries to communicate in chapter six. Women throughout the 1700s, 1800s and 1900s fought for many rights and privileges. Zinn tells of how women were taking massive part in the anti-slavery movement. France Wright of 1824, Lucy Stone of 1847 and Angelina Grimke of 1838 perhaps the silent protest at the world anti-slavery society convention in 1840. Unequal wages were fought for as well in hundred if not thousands of strikes. The women also fought against the church too. Anne Hutchinson was one of the most known people who expressed the need to interpret the Bible for the reader's self-overall many women fought valiantly for their rights, but some submitted to the social views. It was common teaching to have males as property owner, and women to be property. A very popular book was read in 1700s advice to daughter it convey the idea that woman should accept their position as a child giver, housekeeper, and overall property, for many women getting married was life’s purpose, and that was all they looked forward too. Julia Sprull put it the husband took any income that might be hers he collected wages earned by her labor. Naturally, it followed that the process of the joint labor of husbands and wife belong to the husband. Women had no rights to tell their husband not to have their hard earn money because the father of the family was in charge of everything and by everything meant that woman had to obey and even submit to their

This was a stand for the females making it known they could think for themselves and could make up there own minds and also hold down a household without a male figure. Loyalty also connects with the devotion they shared to do what they had to do because without them being loyal there was no need to have devotion.

The Role of Women in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Go Tell It On the Mountain

Evolution of women through history has been a long-sought battle, and their roles in society are always changing. Women are versatile compared to men, which is a very undervalued trait. These two books only touch on some of the many roles that women can play. Sarah Pomeroy’s Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women

Pomery begins the book by resummarizing the significance of goddesses from her first book, outlining the social functions of female Olympian figures. She does so by referencing Greek myths that express how goddesses are the stereotypical image of mortal women as they are envisioned by mortal men. These divine women show desirable characteristics across the board rather than just showing strengths in one area. This reflects the ideals of a patriarchal society. Demosthenes states in the fourth century B.C. this mantra among mortal men, “We have mistress for our enjoyment, concubines to serve our person and wives for the bearing of legitimate children (Pomery 1995).

3. Women are expected to serve men submissively. They are like flowers...beautiful, fragile and they have no choice in who comes along and picks them. Women were used for entertainment and satisfaction. The book seemed to basically revolve around Genji's relationships with women.

The creation of women in the Theogony signifies the end of joy for both man and gods. Women bring temptation and cause trouble and stress for the lives of both man and gods. Due to women being beautiful and irresistible it is seen as their fault for the troubles that come with them. The introduction of women to the universe is significant to the development of the Theogony, as an origin story, because it explains how certain forces such as suffering came to be. Women in this text signify the embodiment of suffering for all. When analyzing the creation of the mother of women, we can see what values and opinions are held for women in this society. After being formed from clay by Hephaestus, the

Different reiterating views of its importance and the way it should be displayed are used to reflect upon the views of women of the time and life in society in general. At times, it is near-worshipped as a sign of sexuality, or as a sign of nourishment. Other times it is restricted down,

And it means the most difficult thing of all: listening and watching in art and literature, in the social sciences, in all the descriptions we are given of the world, for the silences, the absences, the nameless, the unspoken, the encoded--for there we will find the true knowledge of women. And in breaking those silences, naming our selves, uncovering the hidden, making ourselves present, we begin to define a reality which resonates to us, which affirms our being . . . to take ourselves, and each other, seriously: meaning, to begin to take charge of our lives. ( LSS, 145)