Women During The Mongol Era
In today’s world, women have been working hard to emphasize their role in the society. Whether it be as wives, mothers, friends or as workers. Women have been noticed for achieving great success around the world. However, in some third world countries the rights of woman are being oppressed and they are merely being considered as objects or materials. Even in todays advanced world, young girls and women are sold off to wealthy men in exchange for some money. Where they are treated as sexual object just to please their masters. This phenomenon has been taking place for over thousands of years now and still has not come to a stop. In the past, acts of sacrificing woman took place to worship Gods or deities. There have been multiple events of indecency towards women but one that is worth mentioning is, how woman
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were portrayed as materials during the Mongol Era.
During the Mongol Era, there were series of events that took place where women were portrayed as valuable objects. In the film Genghis Khan, Börte was kidnapped by Temüjin and rapped by Djamuqa. She was treated like an object, like other women during the Mongolian era. In another scene from the movie, Temüjin’s army entered the China wall, where the emperor bestowed upon them lovely woman who would be their acquaintance while they bathed. The women were there to please the men during their stay by giving them their bodies as a reward for helping one of the emperor’s royal men. These are only a couple of examples found from the film Genghis Khan, of how women were treated as objects of entertainment. Marco Polo one of the most recognized explorers in the world, was a witness to how women were treated as materials. When Marco Polo traveled to the East to meet the great emperor Kublai Khan he saw what the locals of the Mongol empire thought about woman.
He later on stated in his book, “…..a woman who has not had the company of men is worthless” (Marco Polo, Travels of Marco Polo, New York: Cosimo Classics, 2007, 184). This explains that, Men disliked women who were virgins; they would rather marry a woman who was more in the company of men. To determine which would make the right bride, the men would look at the amount of jewels a woman was wearing. The jewels were given to a woman as a payment for her company. In another section of the book, Marco Polo expresses how disgusted he was when he found out how the husbands, fathers and brothers left their houses and let traveling strangers stay at their homes. The stranger stayed in the house with the company of all the women in the house. The men of the house thought of this as an act of kindness, they did this to please their idols so they would be rewarded in the future. They used women as materials so they could become fortunate.
In a book called “The Daily life in the Mongol Empire” written by George Lane states, “The other basic need, woman, were also hunted…..”( George Lane, The Daily life in the Mongol Empire, pg 17,2006). In this line, he explains how men saw women as objects that were hunted; to please their sexual desires. The woman are described as hopeless prays and the men as the predators.
were portrayed as materials during the Mongol Era.
During the Mongol Era, there were series of events that took place where women were portrayed as valuable objects. In the film Genghis Khan, Börte was kidnapped by Temüjin and rapped by Djamuqa. She was treated like an object, like other women during the Mongolian era. In another scene from the movie, Temüjin’s army entered the China wall, where the emperor bestowed upon them lovely woman who would be their acquaintance while they bathed. The women were there to please the men during their stay by giving them their bodies as a reward for helping one of the emperor’s royal men. These are only a couple of examples found from the film Genghis Khan, of how women were treated as objects of entertainment. Marco Polo one of the most recognized explorers in the world, was a witness to how women were treated as materials. When Marco Polo traveled to the East to meet the great emperor Kublai Khan he saw what the locals of the Mongol empire thought about woman.
He later on stated in his book, “…..a woman who has not had the company of men is worthless” (Marco Polo, Travels of Marco Polo, New York: Cosimo Classics, 2007, 184). This explains that, Men disliked women who were virgins; they would rather marry a woman who was more in the company of men. To determine which would make the right bride, the men would look at the amount of jewels a woman was wearing. The jewels were given to a woman as a payment for her company. In another section of the book, Marco Polo expresses how disgusted he was when he found out how the husbands, fathers and brothers left their houses and let traveling strangers stay at their homes. The stranger stayed in the house with the company of all the women in the house. The men of the house thought of this as an act of kindness, they did this to please their idols so they would be rewarded in the future. They used women as materials so they could become fortunate.
In a book called “The Daily life in the Mongol Empire” written by George Lane states, “The other basic need, woman, were also hunted…..”( George Lane, The Daily life in the Mongol Empire, pg 17,2006). In this line, he explains how men saw women as objects that were hunted; to please their sexual desires. The woman are described as hopeless prays and the men as the predators.