History 2185 Lecture Notes - Femininity, Infant Mortality, Ejaculation

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Deals with 17-18th century with some influence from the enlightenment (usa built on these principles) The colonies were an opportunity to create a new society but we have to ask to what extent they just replicated. European society and it is clear than in most cases they just tried to imitate the old world because they instated patriarchy, gender restrictions, etc. They were very insecure and vulnerable in the colonies because they left everything they knew for a new land, climate, native neighbours, economic problems, and there was very little government structure. Institutions that were stable in europe were in flux here so they tried to emulate familiar customs for comfort. Penalties for not conforming could be harsh because of their fear of instability. There was sexual division of labour but there was little concept of private and public on the farms because males and females were all working at the same place.

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