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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Exams
I am having my first paper next Friday, how exciting? =) First paper on the list is Cultures in Comtemporary world. Yeah, things going fine~ VERY FINE =) I haven't read the readings yet, read a few though, maybe 3 or 4? hehehe..impressive huh? Yeah! And today, for the whole day, I was reading one reading and yes for THE WHOLE DAY, I read ONE READING. =)
WARNING: This is a SUPER DUPER SUPER SUPER LONG BLOG
Woman, Culture and Society (peep at the title just only) hehehe~
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo (yay, I got it right!!!!)
(Lets see how much my memory can take)
The paper attempts to give an explanation to why there is this female subordination occuring in the world. Why is it that the males dominate against the females in most society? I learn a new word today, "anomalous". In the paper, it was say that women are perceived as anomalous in many society by men. Rosaldo said that women and men are physically different and that this might has to do with female subordination. (hahaha, what has this got to do with me right?) Anyway, Rosaldo tied back to the fact that because women are given the noble task of child-bearing, women are often tied down to child-caring and taking too. That probably explains why women are seen as figure who are more benevolent and that they are more willing to cherish children compared to men.
Then again, there are variations. Variations in the sense that there are society where the males are not the one controlling economic activities and that the men are doing things out of the norm. I think one of the readings that I have skim through was saying because man usually are connected to economic activity, there are deem to be the "first sex". And during warfare, males are much more valued due to their strenght. The males in New Guinea Arapesh actually behaved flirtatiously and it is the women who will initiate the courtship. haha.. and in some society (cannot remember what), the women are very much feared. It has got something to do with their physical body too. Women is both very sought after and feared in society and that they are name accordingly to the man they bed. Like witches in some society, they are defined as woman who have slept with the devils and the nuns, they married their whole life to God. They are also often closely related to the devils and "pollution" in some society. Like the New Guinea man, who will never try to offend a woman for fear that the women will feed them food cooked while they are menstruating and omg~ there is even one menstruating hut for the women!!! The menstruating blood is often associated to polluting the society. Therefore much as the men might sought after the women, they are also keeping themselves away from the women to prevent themselves from being polluted. Because women are much desired for and feared of, there is this "power" that arises. Often, it is out of choice that women are submissive to men.
Men possess more authority over women and that the activities they carried out are much more valued. Like the New Guinea people again, the men grow yams and the women other stuff, yet only the yams are seen as valuable. Like hunting, though the women grow the staple food rice, meat is much often considered as the only food in the community itself. Rosaldo was saying this has got to do with the way how man attained their manhood and how women attained theirs. Women gradually just take on their roles as they grow, meaning the whole process is being taken for granted that the girl will become a woman when the age comes. Yet for man, there are always competition from the peers, and there forms this aggression, and that in the gatherers community, a boy will need to go through many trials to become a man. Just like how the Masai boys, who were sent to the elders in the community, to go through rituals and trials to become man. In the process, they actually stole the women of their elders and sleep with them. In a sense the women there are not of value at all, that they are only allow to participate in the most minimal way had if there are rituals. For some countries, simple activities like milking the cow can only be done by this chosen male who is said to be sacred.
There are many more. Conclusion was that in a egalitarian society, the roles of women is more to complement the males, like again the New Guinea males who will spend the day with their children while their wife is garndening. As for rituals, the wife is still suppose to play the submissive role by acting ignorant. He suggested to change the whole thing will require the male to spend more time with their children and as such the male will lose his authority which is diferent from the females where she still can establish her own circle and withhold some power on her own within her own sphere.
phew~ My memory is fantastic not bad, dun u think so? hahahha.. and yes, this is what i study nowadays other than those structures that I am looking at. And of course there is still IT1003 where FedEx is a E-business and Amazon belongs to E-commerce. Like how EDS failed to integrate all the IT systems in GM. Minus all this, I am still studying my law, where to establish or fight a case of construction accident, one need to establish three things which are (1) Occupier's Liability (2) Breach of Statutory duty (3) Neglience and of course there are still contributory neglience and vicaricious liability. And there is so much like the Amus case and the Wong Jin Fah case where the next friend (his brother-in-law) sued the 4 companies for everything and only the plantiff's employer managed to get away due to lack of degree of control.
I said my memory is not bad and i typed all that without referring. I am all ready for exams!!!! (minus the fact that these are ALL that i know) =) As for Contech, i just realised, I know nuts and there are Contech 3 somemore... =) and of course there is still something call Measurement and talking about which if you do well, there will be a sponsorship. HAHAHAHAHHA!!!! The greatest joke I have ever heard. TIme to rest before exams start~~~ and yah, i did realised I only finished one reading today. =) No need to remind me and thanks for bearing with me, which I think only me, myself is entertaining myself but hey, this is my blog and don't you think you've learn alot? =) tata~
JOanne thought hard on 10:26:00 PM.
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