Women in the 18th century received similar education to men in reading and languages but were taught skills like embroidery and homemaking to prepare them for their roles as wives and mothers. Men's education focused more on public affairs to prepare them to govern. It was widely believed that women were inferior to men. A woman's role was to obey and serve her father and future husband. For lower class women, their responsibilities included caring for children and sometimes joining convents. Across social classes, men ruled over their wives and families. The purpose of marriage for higher society was continuing the family lineage through children.

1. BY: CONCEPCIÓN FERNÁNDEZ , JOSÉ MIGUEL BAUTISTA
AND MIGUEL ÁNGEL LANCHARRO

2. Women received the same education as
men. They learned to read and studied
literature in general. Women were classified
as one of the most intelligent, and most
could speak Spanish and French. They also
knew painting, music and dance.

4. However men leaned more to the study of
public relations, so that they could govern.
The men belonged to the public sphere;
women were engaged in household
common.

6. Men and women believed that women were
inferior to men. Women should learn to be
good daughters. Women were taught to
manage a home, embroider and sew, make
home remedies, prepare food, and their
duties to her future husband. Most people
think that women's education was a waste of
time. Education was a privilege of high-born
ladies.

8. At that time the man had to support the
family and at the same time to work as a
farmer, artisan, etc.. In the case of a man of
high social class, his goal in life was to keep
the lineage an inheritance in the land of his
father.

10. The woman belonging to a low class took
care of her son and educated him. Some
took vows of chastity and obedience in the
convents.

12. In this century, men of low social class were
engaged in agriculture, livestock, fishing
and crafts. Regardless of their social status,
the man ruled over his wife and family. The
most important thing in high society was to
have children that prolong the father's
lineage and heritage.

14. Women in the eighteenth century had
absolute submission to man, predestination
to marriage, stay at home, caring for
children, the preservation of modesty and
virginity, among others. Women were
declared inferior, subjected to manly
exploitation protection '' because of their
inferiority "..

16. The man is always wearing over and
everything revolves around him. Women
should be under the strict orders sent. They
believe that the man over the centuries is
being perfected continuously.

18. The nineteenth-century woman was not
developed as a human being. The woman
followed the example of honesty, integrity
and respect for man and society itself.

20. The nineteenth century man had to adjust
to the profound innovations of
industrialization that occurred in step with
modern times.

22. Women belonging to low social class were
responsible for using the food collected for
cooking, care of the house and the children.
The Creole women did not participate in
domestic life. They were only worried about
the way they dressed.

24. The man in the couple and the family was
limited to being the provider; for example,
he was responsible for working to bring
money home. No one was going to wait for
the man of the house to collaborate and less
to asume traditionally female roles.

26. The woman is paid for her job. As a wife, she
is caring and attentive to her partner. The
mother is usually responsible for the care of
children. The woman is the ultimate
responsible for the home. The society
"requires" that women have to be arranged,
to pay attention to her body, her hair and
make it look good.

28. Currently the role of men has changed a lot.
Nowadays they are not only dedicated to
work to help the family financially but also
become more involved in the parenting,
household chores, etc. Men care more about
their image than in another time and worry
about being well physically, for example,
playing sports.