CLA219H1 Lecture 1: Week 1 Brief notes from the first class on Birth, Childhood, and Education. As the course continues, the notes get longer and more detailed--more was tested on later notes!
16 Oct 2011
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Recently women have been able to move into the public sphere. September 16, 2010: women in ancient world didn"t have many rights, not allowed to vote. Property allowance: some were allowed to own property, dads not wanting to give their property to daughters husband so prefer to give to the daughter to keep in family. Sometimes even have complementary roles to men: also important in religion, social ties. Women are as necessary as men in society. Nothing earlier than 1000 bce or later than 350 ce. After 350 christianity become increasingly dominant and big changes in political changes. In classic greece, everyone who could afford it everyone had one slave. Slaves don"t usually revolt because the punishments were horrible. Framework of the life of an average woman. Many families preferred boys but were willing to have one girl. Female infants were more likely exposed to birth. Expose: female babies were set outside by themselves sometimes clothed, sometimes not.
