Roles Of Women In Post-Classical Societies

Women in Post-Classical societies has different roles and social status depending on where you were. Women in Post-Classical Southwest Asia/ North Africa and the Americas both had the role of a homemaker or family figure. However, women in the Americas had more opportunities to have important occupations than the Islamic women of North Africa and Southwest Asia, who were forced into seclusion and made to stay in the home. Both Women in American civilizations like the Mayans and the Aztecs, and women in Islam were designated the role of a homemaker. The women in both of these societies raised the children, and were the ones who built a strong family life. The women in Aztec and Mayan societies did other housework as well, such as grinding corn into flour, spinning and weaving cotton, and making clothes. Islamic women had different tasks, but they still were classified as the dominant family figure.
Although the two societies had a place in the house in common, women in the Americas were given more opportunities to hold important occupations outside of housework. Women in the Americas
The religions of societies in the Americas (such as the Incas and Mayans) stressed the importance of fertility, Several of their deities were female, goddesses of fertility which were revered heavily. This made for a stronger appreciation for women, and the ability for women to lead religious practices. Since the Islamic religion is monotheistic, there were no female goddesses, as there was only one deity, Allah. In the Qur’an, it states that women and men are created equal, although the practices of the religion highly secluded women, such as the practice of polygamy, the enforcement of disguising clothing, and the social and economic standing of women. These religious practices isolated women in Muslim culture, unlike the religion in American culture that encouraged