HUM 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: List Of Angel Characters, Hum Network Limited, Matriarchy
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The clash of the sexes in hesiod"s works and days by: lilah grace canevaro. Find the argument and the sub-arguments with examples and points with evidence. The author argues that hesiod has predominantly negative opinions on women that connects to his worries about work and honour. The author argues that hesiod believes women are damaging to productivity in the iron age. Hesiods anxieties about productivity are derived from anxieties about women. Gender framed in terms of balance/imbalance (sub-argument) Sub-arguments for part 1: talks about pandora: original sin for all evil; sets mould. Sexual desire/procreation vs. economic stability & inheritance: talks about women as a necessary evil; consumers; don"t work; unproductive; technically necessary for an heir and reproduction present) Hesiod proposed that if you give women small roles/contributory roles/low risk roles then they will make themselves productive. P. 190 good wife is a boon; bad wife is no good.
