thousands silk bolts to the monastery their were kept in in order to gain merit. Furthermore‚ relicts were covered in the highly decorated silk materials and kept in it for centuries afterwards. Relicts became the most significant objects of worship in China during the Tang period. People of wealth presented silk to monks and to monasteries as a sign of the adoration and to earn merits. The ritual robe of monks became silk at that period as the Tang rulers presented this fiber as a reward for their contribution
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Gender Roles and Religion. The article wants to make us to think about gender roles since a religious perspective‚ Christian and Islam share almost the same treatment against female and some of their customs are in favor of women in the sense that they respect them as mother and wife. Despite of that‚ it looks like Christian and Islam have oppressed female. However‚ as the article’s author says‚ it do not depend on what the religion praise‚ but on what believers think and do. I t means that
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essentialism in gender states that there are innate differences between a man and a woman and an unchanged idea of what it means to be a man or a woman. Thus men and women are subject to gender role that is their define occupation‚ behaviour and role in the society. Non essentialism is that difference in men and women behaviour and role is culturally and socially constructed. The article “Scrap that single woman stereotype” (Ellie Mae O’Hagan 2012)‚ illustrate the essentialist view of women role. That is
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The empires of Rome and China were very great ones‚ they both had many similarities and differences in the way they ran their empires. One major difference was the way they treated their women. Both Chinese and Roman women were unequal in social status than the men of the empires were‚ but they were definitely treated different in both empires. Women of China were treated quite harshly and were expected to take orders at all times by their husbands‚ and were to serve them always. This started to
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9. Gender. Over the years gender equality has been changing drastically. From Ancient Egypt to modern Egypt. Males were recognized as the macho person in the house‚ while the Women were not recognized as much at all‚ they were mostly seen as stay home mothers‚ taking care of the children and cook for the husband. The sad thing about this is that this is how they were taught growing up‚ and so were the men. Women were taught only to stay home and the men were taught to work and support the family
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In ancient Greek society‚ the purpose of women was to bear children and take care of the household. Penelope in the Odyssey was expected to wait patiently for Odysseus to return from the Trojan War. While doing so‚ she was expected to keep herself occupied with household chores such as weaving and spinning. Medea was expected to passively and obediently go into exile after her husband Jason decided to marry another woman. Penelope and Medea‚ the leading women in their respective Greek works both
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Greek and Roman Gender Roles Jaime Aguero Hum 100 June 19‚ 2012 Sherna Armstrong Greek and Roman Gender Roles Gender roles always have been an important topic throughout history‚ especially in the ancient Greek and Roman time’s genders played an important role. Males dominated all aspects of government and women were treated as subjects rather than a person. Greek and Roman times do not differ on how a person’s gender determined what he or she could do‚ for except in Roman times women
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Each society has binary oppositions as in masculine and feminine roles and the established values have little to do with nature and everything to do with culture. Moreover‚ the ideals and distinctions of masculine and feminine activities and behaviors are reinforced and redefined through powerful social norms of any particular period. In Medieval and early Modern Europe societies‚ gender roles were clearly defined by the strong prevailing social structure of the period and were constantly changing
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conventions of the ancient world are not widely known‚ making it more difficult to truly grasp and appreciate Antigone. If one is accustomed to life today‚ the more relatable or understandable factor in the play would be state oppression and civil disobedience. That is not to say that there is complete gender equality‚ but it has advanced considerably since the Classical Era. That is why my considerations of the work were enhanced. The oral elaborated on some of the customs and roles that women occupied
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For decades‚ gender roles played a major criteria in the occupation of a certain person based on their “actual or perceived sex”. These gender roles sparked a recent controversy on whether women must be allowed to serve in combat on par with men. So‚ should women be allowed to serve in the military as equals to men? No‚ since the dawn of time‚ women fought for equality and justice‚ but usually failed to perceive the harsh reality that women are just biologically weaker than men. Training will be
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