Women In Mayan Culture
Treatments of Women in Different Cultures
Nowadays, women worldwide are having more opportunities than ever before. Although, we are currently in the 21st century and the way women are seen is defiantly differently from the past, but there is no doubt, women are still looked upon as week. In today’s culture, women do not have a very protuberant part as males do. Treatments and roles towards women from culture to culture differs, some women are mistreated in a culture and others are praised in another culture. Nonetheless, each culture has its own views on women, where they stand in this world, and how they are treated.
In ancient Sumer, women's rights varied and were dependent on the social status they came from. Women of high status, such as members of royal families and priestesses, had the opportunity …show more content…
Maya women had more power than most women from other ancient societies. In ancient Maya, women had an important role in society, beyond just spreading culture through the raising of children. Recent studies show that women were more central to Mayan society than previously believed. During the Classical era, certain women held power as rulers in their cities. They also served as priestesses in various sites. The Mayan women involved themselves in economy, agriculture , and government. They had the opportunity to take part in politics. According to myth, the god Quetzalcoatl traveled to the mythical underworld Mictlan to search for precious bones to create woman and man. Quetzalcoatl sacrificed his blood and let it drop on the precious bones. The other gods joined Quetzalcoatl, and woman and man were born simultaneously from their lifeblood. This myth supports the equality of men and women at the point of their creation, and as a direct result of the sacrifice of the gods. Women were seen as equal to men in Maya culture, and are extremely important because they could bear
Nowadays, women worldwide are having more opportunities than ever before. Although, we are currently in the 21st century and the way women are seen is defiantly differently from the past, but there is no doubt, women are still looked upon as week. In today’s culture, women do not have a very protuberant part as males do. Treatments and roles towards women from culture to culture differs, some women are mistreated in a culture and others are praised in another culture. Nonetheless, each culture has its own views on women, where they stand in this world, and how they are treated.
In ancient Sumer, women's rights varied and were dependent on the social status they came from. Women of high status, such as members of royal families and priestesses, had the opportunity …show more content…
Maya women had more power than most women from other ancient societies. In ancient Maya, women had an important role in society, beyond just spreading culture through the raising of children. Recent studies show that women were more central to Mayan society than previously believed. During the Classical era, certain women held power as rulers in their cities. They also served as priestesses in various sites. The Mayan women involved themselves in economy, agriculture , and government. They had the opportunity to take part in politics. According to myth, the god Quetzalcoatl traveled to the mythical underworld Mictlan to search for precious bones to create woman and man. Quetzalcoatl sacrificed his blood and let it drop on the precious bones. The other gods joined Quetzalcoatl, and woman and man were born simultaneously from their lifeblood. This myth supports the equality of men and women at the point of their creation, and as a direct result of the sacrifice of the gods. Women were seen as equal to men in Maya culture, and are extremely important because they could bear