WS100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Jessie Bernard, Infant Mortality, Sex Education
28 Jan 2018
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14th century-wife"s position in the household deteriorated as she lost the right to replace her husband in the management of household affairs in the event of his death, incapacitation, or insanity. 16t century-wife placed under total authority of her husband. End of 16th century-possibility for institutions outside the church to be seen as sacred, family became object of common piety. 16th/17th centuries-new importance placed on family as attitudes towards children changed. Greater intimacy between parents and children established a new moral climate, family bean to center its emotional life on that of the child. 18th century-family began to hold society at a distance, family became more private. Late 18th/early 19th centuries-historical transformations led to what"s labeled the cult of domesticity. Ideology of domesticity gave women a limited and gender specific role to play (person responsible for the moral and everyday affairs of the home. Limited women"s idealized experiences to the private world of the family.
