WGST 2P61 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Values, Hieros Gamos, Socalled
12 Sep 2017
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Greece and rome in the mediterranean: 3000 bc to 400 ad. These cultures gave rise to western society - inherited many cultural institutions: languages to laws; art and architecture to attitudes and ideas. Societies range from independent city-states (mesopotamia and greece) to empires (egypt and rome) Patriarchal but different attitudes towards women and their social roles = . Eg. literary: from loving/ glowing accounts, to dismissive/ misogynistic statements = need context matters to find a balance in this diverse range of info. Concepts around gender are fundamental yet not always taken seriously as discipline. Socialization and gender dictates way people behave in societies and way they are. From how you dressed to how you behaved. Not just about women, will consider . Household seen as the basic building block of the society. And family considered realm of women = fundamental. Gender studies and others for impact on women. Gender studies in classics seductresses to depraved harlots.
