1 / 8

Gender Roles and Dowry in Latin America: A Lesson on Women's Rights

Explore the historical gender roles and significance of dowry in Latin American societies. Understand what women could and couldn't do, and engage in a role-playing exercise to delve deeper into societal norms. Reflect on how these practices shape relationships and perspectives today.

aya
Télécharger la présentation

Gender Roles and Dowry in Latin America: A Lesson on Women's Rights

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Table of Contents • Demographics of Latin America 9.25 • Encomiendas 9.26 3. Gender Roles 9.27

  2. Gender Roles 9.27 dowry: what women can and cannot do:

  3. Dowry • In marriages, women were considered to be the “property” of husbands. • Once a girl got married, it was the husband’s responsibility to take care of her. • Dowry  money, property that the wife’s family brings into the husband’s household.

  4. Dowry

  5. What Women CAN and CANNOT do… • 1. Split the reading up with your partner. • 2. As you read, determine what women CAN and CANNOT do in Latin American societies. Write down your notes in your notebook. • 3. After you are done reading, share out with your partner.

  6. Sergio Valencia Maria

  7. Homework (Due Friday 9.27) • Pretend you are a rich, white Latin American colonist. Write a letter to your daughter Maria convincing her to marry Sergio Valencia, a rich, older businessman. • Pretend you are Maria. Write a letter to your parents explaining why you do not want to marry Sergio Valencia and instead want to marry another boy who is lower-class but “understands” and “loves” you. In either case, you MUST use at least SIX specific details that you learned in today’s class (either the notes or the reading). Please underline these details.

More Related