วันพุธที่ 30 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2552

"Herstory" - portraits of women in history

I found the first chapter of "women's history - women who are the World" by Ruth Ashby and Deborah Gore Öhrn be prepared (with an introduction by Gloria Steinhem), 1995, as amended, and of course very interesting, maddening. Knowing that the oppression of women was, after years of prehistoric life, egalitarian and orchestrated tracks is plotted in progress, I feel angry.

Then I started reading the profiles of women who have changed history, "as they are called byPublishers. Although I think a book like this are for highlighting many women who were in the development of human civilization influential invaluable, I also agree with some of these women and their acts "size. Profile of each woman is a contemporary Women and rewritten again and I find that the profile author to say that this person was a good leader, as well as a patron of the arts and culture, etc. But later, beginning in the profile, asCleopatra's case, we find that pressure on Marc-Antoine is on the death of his sister to order to ensure its continued dominance. Another example is Wu Chao, the wife of Emporer first time in Chinese history. It began as a concubine Emporer Kao Tsung and had four sons and a daughter. He suffocated her baby in its cradle responsible to the Empress of the child to make, he can take his place - he did. In short, what I think is that these women of notable historicalbetter than men, are surrounded by. Ruthless, cruel killing, the calculation of the adjectives that come to mind. I prefer to think of "great women of history," how to be friendly, caring, compassionate and wise. Although these women have managed to achieve great things for their countries and kingdoms, I vehemently disagree with their methods.

Conversely, I also discovered, Theodora of Constantinople, the orphan at the age of four years, but was tooEmpress of the Byzantine Empire. Who killed it out? Well, nobody. He first worked as a dancer and actress, then as a spinner of wool, where he met and fell in love with Justinian, the nephew of the Emperor. In order to marry Theodora, Justinian took advantage of his influence on laws prohibit that change the marriage between the classes.

As the Empress Theodora was involved in the elevation of the status of women. I quote: "Theodora has created many important laws protecting the rights of women. These includedthe death penalty for rape, protection of women in divorce cases inherit the right of women to own property and retain their ability to protect against abusive husbands ... and to prohibit the practice of selling children into slavery to pay the debts of their parents. Theodora also bought the freedom of many girls sold into prostitution or slavery. The rights of women and their position in society was not protected and respected. "(S. Suzan Jane Herstory)

Well, there's one for meof this magnitude deserves to be understood as the history Herstory!

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