Quote: "Women generally received less education than men, had far fewer legal rights, and were generally restricted in their public roles." (RT p. 27)
This quote to me made me think back to the times when women had few rights and was only needed to care for kids and the house. They didn't receive education nor could they get a job because they were women and seen as weaker than men and men as the providers while women were only looked at as caretakers. This quote took me from slavery to know and I see the growth now (even though there is more improvement needed) and it is so much that has improved in women but to know that even before slavery, there was problems with women having rights and being seen as a equal to a man than less, is saddening.
Question: Why were men always seen as a provider and women as caretakers when women show their strength through childbirth and patience with children?
I think your question is great and contains a lot of good material to look into. I think the perception of the strength of women, despite all of the hardships they were able to push through, depended a lot on gendered social constructs that limited the power and importance that women had within a society. This sort of sub category that women were placed into then proceeded to determine the way in which women carried themselves and were seen by men. They were determined to be subservient and submissive to men which led to them being seen as the caretakers and men as the providers.
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