Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Aztec Women

In the text book it gave a brief summary of what the women did, i decided to research and go further into what the women did.  In the text book it said that the Aztec women did mostly all the housework and chores, for example, they cooked cleaned spun and raised their children. But when times started changing the women became more slave like and were used for mass production of cloth and materials for the military. They were also used for ritual sacrifices, which in my mind is terrible.  Some Aztec women were even prostitutes and "midwifes".  They were believed to cure the men.  As time went on they started to be allowed to work in stores and on the streets selling their goods.  So while creating the Aztec work force the women were able to get better jobs and make more money.  So looking back on an Aztec women i realize how lucky i am to not have to work like they did.  

1 comment:

  1. Nice post Kaitlin. If women were once enslaved at point just because of their sex, that shows that we have come a long way. However, in my opinion, we still have a long way to go in our society before there is equality among both race and gender.

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