Regional Outline for



Thematic Outline for Gender Relations

Consider the Following: Inheritance, Infanticide, Rituals, Divorce, Marriage (Age), Suffrage, Leadership, Profession, Education, Religion (missionaries, deities, authority), Sexuality

| |8000 – 600 CE |600 – 1450 CE |1450-1750 CE |1750 – 1914 CE |1914 - Present |

|East Asia |China- patriarchal society, emperor |China- Had growing number of |Japan- women live with increased |Women have little freedom, society |Women able to gain prestigious jobs, |

| |can have more than 1 wife. |infanticide if child was female. |restrictions on daily lives, obey |corrupted because of Opium Trade |although remain inferior to men. Can |

| |Matrilineal before Shang Dynasty. |Males regarded as lucky-Primo |husband or face death. |leads to war with British Empire in |Divorce and marry again. Expected to |

| | |Geniture. Wives and young girls had |Women educated at home. Known as |Canton, Macau |provide sons. |

| | |foot binding. |Warring Period | | |

|Western Europe |Rome-Pater Familias- Centered around |Patriarchal society but women could |Queen mothers ran royal house, kept |Industrial Revolution- Poor women who|Men and Women seem almost |

| |eldest Male. Women have influence on |get power if were upper class |relations with foreign nations and |had taken care of home/worked in |equal-voting rights, job interviews, |

| |family: supervising family business |aristocrats or monarchs/member of |controlled marriage alliance. |fields shifted to |and day-to-day rights. Can choose |

| |Greece-Patricians, Plebeians, |royal family. |Exploration & colonization ensures |factories/sweatshops. More and more |when to get married and not |

| |Slaves-had say in religious rituals, | |spread of Spanish/Portuguese |children working now, people moving |dependable on family to make choices.|

| |married early and virgin till | |language, culture, Catholicism |to cities, immigrants o US, Australia|Well Educated- most prominent place |

| |marriage | | | |for women |

|Eastern Europe |NO INFORMATION |Women treated as inferior to men, but|Russia- nobles adopt Western European|Emancipation of Serfs in 1861 brings |Women still subordinate to men; |

| | |could have say in family life. Both |culture thru language (some spoke |massive changes; Russia modernizes, |however, both are required to work. |

| | |men and women work, mostly |French) and dressing style, but |but changed precedent of tsars |Orthodox Church doesn’t encourage |

| | |agricultural style. Serfdom= work for|ordinary peoples remain the same. |because of unrest among lower class. |divorce. Both males and females |

| | |protection | | |educated. |

|South Asia |Women gained little rights as “needed|Women remain subordinate to men. |Mughal outlaw Sati, encourage widows |British try to outlaw both Sati and |Still extremely patriarchal but women|

| |supervision” from males |Caste system decides each person’s |to remarry, Hindu-Muslim try for |Caste System, still both illegally |can work + have good jobs, expected |

| |Patriarchal- Sati |place in society. Males educated if |better relations. Women=Aristocrats, |continued. Violence between Hindu and|to provide sons. Not as auspicious as|

| |Couldn’t own property |Brahmin, women not educated, worked |able to supply income (all castes) |Muslims also persist. Boys + few |male babies |

| | |at home. | |girls educated | |

|Latin America |No clear-cut indications; however, |Aztec/Inca ruled. Women could become |Changes brought by Europeans, |Social inequalities persist in spite |Rise of Feminism, more than just |

| |most likely patriarchal society based|priestess or work under the royal |Coloumbian Exchange, slavery |of laws against it, People of mixed |legal equality and right to vote |

| |on Latin American history. |family. Human Sacrifice common for |encouraged, European disease diminish|race, Indians, blacks victims of |(cultural and economical), Cuban |

| | |gods. |Aztec and Incan culture and peoples. |informal prejudice, slavery continued|government limits rights of women: |

| | | | |into 19th Century |Communism |

|Middle East |Men were hunters, women were food |Women initially able to conduct |Harems-complex social network, |Merchants contribute to expanding |Laws still very religious (Shari a) |

| |gatherers. Ruled by elite, rulers, |businesses and hold certain jobs |originally non-Islamic |economy based on trade with |but some women can have businesses, |

| |priests, and patriarchal society. |(Mohammad’s Wife), Women don’t need |slaves/prisoners, mothers had |Europeans, South Asians and East |males can have up to 4 wives if they |

| |Women can gain power in courts, |to veil themselves, divorce is not |influence if son represented in |Asians |can provide substantial lifestyle for|

| |priestesses, scribes, small business |tolerated |court-became members of sultan’s | |each |

| | | |extended family | | |

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