Help me out here?

Question

Ok, I was reading this article I was assigned for my AP World History class. And I came across this sentence, "...women probably developed agriculture."

So my question is, if women were so revolutionary back then, how is it we came to be thought of as weak or too delicate for tasks like that when in reality the people maing those assumption wouldn't even be here without us (for many reasons).

I know the view of women has a lot to do with one's culture, but over all that's the general concensus.

Answer 1

the way women are viewed today has a lot to do with the church. in the 1800's if a woman had a different opinion and seemed strong and independent, she was considered a witch and burned at the stake. so out of fear women learned to be seen and not heard. better to be quiet than extra crispy!

Answer 2

Oh, first you get the monopoly on the whole baby thing... now you want agriculture too!

I joke, I joke.

List as of December 2007
Corazon Aquino President, The Philippines, 1986-92
Michelle Bachelet President, Chile, 2006-present
Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister, Pakistan, 1988-90, 1993-97
Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime Minister, Norway, 1981, 1986-89, and 1990-96
Kim Campbell Prime Minister, Canada, 1993
Violeta B. de Chamorro President, Nicaragua, 1990-96
Tansu Çiller Prime Minister, Turkey, 1993-96
Helen Clark Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1999-present
Edith Cresson Prime Minister, France, 1991-92
Ruth Dreifuss President, Switzerland, 1998-99
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir President, Iceland, 1980-96
Pamela Gordon[1] Premier, Bermuda, 1997-98
Tarja Halonen President, Finland, 2000 - present
Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1996–2001
Janet Jagan President, Guyana, 1997-1999
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia, 2005-present
Chandrika Kumaratunga President, Sri Lanka, 1994-2005
Maria Liberia-Peters Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1984-86, 1988-94
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President, The Philippines, 2001-present
Mary McAleese President, Ireland, 1997–present
Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany, 2005-present
Beatriz Merino Prime Minister, Peru, 2003
Mireya Moscoso President, Panama, 1999-2003
Kazimiera Prunskiene Prime Minister, Lithuania, 1990-91
Mary Robinson President, Ireland, 1990-97
Suzanne Camelia-Romer Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1993, 1998-1999
Jenny Shipley Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997-99
Portia Simpson Miller Prime Minister, Jamaica 2006-present
Jennifer Meredith Smith Premier, Bermuda, 1998-2003
Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister, Poland, 1992-93
Vaira Vike-Freiberga President, Latvia, 1999-2007
Begum Khaleda Zia Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1991-96 and 2001-2006

That is a list of women world leaders I just got from our pals at wikipedia. They are from the Council of Women World Leaders. Please go tell them that women are considered weak. Then go tell all the people that voted for them that women are considered weak.

Seriously... what's the deal? This isn't the 1950's (just after the days of Rosie the Riveter, building airplanes, tanks, and skyscrapers) and what is this idea that women are weak, already?

We haven't had a woman president, but we have Hillary (can anybody name a democrat with better ratings?) We have Nancy Pelosi as the speaker for the democratic majority, Codalezza Rice is... oh never mind. I'm starting to repeat myself. I'm also getting tired of women complaining about how weak everyone thinks women are. While I don't want to belittle the idea that people should be considered equal, most mordern humans do not think women are weak.

Answer 3

Women developed agriculture. They got tired of lugging the kids around following the men who followed the herds, so they stayed in one place and learn to plant and grow crops.Many early civilizations were matriarchal as well. As the influence of the Christian church spread, these societies went down under its aggressive proselytizing. If a woman had accumulated any wealth or property in her own name, the Church fathers took it. The early Christian church played a big part in promoting the myths that women were weak, untrustworthy, dishonest or sluts, unless they were mothers.

Good for you, young lady. Keep questioning what they're teaching you. There's more than one way to look at things.

Edit: Happy, Judaism didn't send people throughout the civilized world to convert them to their religion. The Christians did. Yes, I am saying that the Church, with its emphasis on women being obdient handmaidens, played a major role in the spread of the pariachy. I also do not discount the importance of agriculture . . . or writing . . . to civilization.

Answer 4

Don't forget "probably."

If this is true, consider that what was important during those days is defending oneself from harm. Agriculture or finding means to eat is not as important as hunting. That's why this is delegated to us, as women, to find means for consumption.

Actually, we are too weak to defend ourselves even from old times that we have been tasked on doing trivial tasks as agriculture.

Answer 5

It's all very simple.
Feminists claim that women are weak when it benefits them.
Feminists claim that women are strong when it benefits them.

Everything else is just details reinforcing that basic fact.

Answer 6

My presumption is that where man was considered to be the hunter, women began growing the vegetables, to go with the meat. In today's society, both men and women hunt, and grow vegetables.

Answer 7

OK he who writes the book is declared correct. The questions to the tests you will take needs this reflection. When you play the game long enough you can say and write what you believe. Then someone else will have to agree to your cra*. Welcome to education. LOL

Answer 8

I wonder why it said that when the Bible clearly states that Adam was the first man and he was given the job of caring for the animals and plants in the Garden of Eden. I think your textbook may be unreliable.