Difference between revisions of "Role of Women in Horticultural societies"
(New page: ==Overview== Women in horticultural societies carried much more power than their agricultural posterity. They owned garden plots and passed them on to future generations. Because they co...) |
|||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
==Back to History 8 Page== | ==Back to History 8 Page== | ||
| − | [History 8] | + | [[History 8]] |
Revision as of 11:44, 12 October 2011
Overview
Women in horticultural societies carried much more power than their agricultural posterity. They owned garden plots and passed them on to future generations. Because they controlled a major food source,gardens, they exercised political and social power and were often dominant in their communities.
Origins
Women became dominant in horticultural societies because they were the first horticulturists. In hunter-gatherer societies, the women were usually the ones to gather berries and in later societies, grain. Through this, they began to select the biggest fruits and easiest to process grains to eat and then throw out, causing a small garden plot to spring up in the society's compost pile. Gradually, women began to water certain plants to increase their chances of growing, which eventually turned into cultivation in small gardens.
Changes
These horticulture societies soon turned back to male dominance with the introduction of large field crops, the domestication and herding of animals, and the refining of metal working technologies. These changes meant that men were once again more or less providers of the community's food, and therefore held all the power.
Source
Manual, pages 33-34 [[1]]
