Although many early civilizations honored a female creator.pdf
1. Although many early civilizations honored a female creator deity...
Although many early civilizations honored a female creator deity since females are those
who are the givers of life, later religions introduced and reinforced many erroneous and
often time sexist ideas that women we somehow responsible for the downfall of humanity.
These myths were a way to use religion and spirituality to make and maintain a patriarchal
social order in which men were considered superior to women. This week, we will discuss
Social Orders and Creation Stories.
https://youtu.be/PBbTkzakiM8.
We will use these short video analysis exercises as the basis of our online class discussions.
Please answer each question with a paragraph of at least seven (7) sentences. After
watching the video, please answer the questions listed below:
What information in this video did you already know? What new information did you learn
from watching? What would you like to learn more about?
What did you learn about the worldviews of historical and/or contemporary world
cultures? Provide specific examples.
Did this video challenge your perspectives in any way? Why or why not?
What is the most important thing you learned?
