SOC 606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Decision-Making, Gender Role, First Nations
1 Oct 2020
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Problematizing gendered divisions of paid and unpaid labour. Oneida women see mothering as a political act, as a way to participate in the sustainability of the self and the community. They do so by bearing and nurturing their own children, taking care of others" children and providing for the whole community (sunseri 2010, p. 133) - the. Reproduction of the nation as a political and empowering act. Violence against women not part of culture, and dealt with seriously when occurs. Responsible for agriculture as well as home life. Work done under the direction of the women, working together. Sky woman the spiritual being, catalyst for the world to see. Women hold key political offices (e. g. clan mothers) Decision making by consensus, everyone has a voice. Husbands have a legal right and a religious responsibility to physically discipline wives. No rights to her own property, body or children. Common law defines married women as dead in the law .
