HIS 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Breastfeeding, Honor Killing, Virginity
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Journal 1 can be resubmitted after it is graded. Modules: due before tuesday (monday @ midnight) 1 module should only take ~30 minutes. 1st quiz: in-class on tuesday (reflect today and thursday"s lecture; probably won"t contain questions on the last lecture"s video) [agricultural societies vs. pastoral societies and gender roles] Women + gender in ancient + classical societies: types of societies. Nomadic: smaller family sizes; more equal between genders; multiple wives. More legal rights for men than for women. Pregnancy: unsafe, high rates of infant + mother mortality. Only effective very early on: women have more children in agricultural societies. Women need to be closer to the home. Tracking who women are having sex with; children, property. Never allowed in the company of men, Harsher punishments for sexual honor killings, etc. criminal offenses for women than for men. Many classical societies have different attitudes towards sex. Common for men to have more than one wife.
