2. Prehistoric
Women
• Women Made Cave
Art
• Women Hunted
• Women Traveled
Further
Men
• Men Cared for
Children
• Men did not know
what time meant.
• Men begin to make
things for himself
3. Medieval
Women
• Expected to bear and
raise children and
• Take care of the
domestic affairs of
the house.
• nursing, baking,
spinning and
weaving
Men
• Men were seen as the
heads of household
• The authorities and the
decision-makers
• The main factor that
decided where a man’s
place in society was
wealth
4. 16th Century
Women
• Women were not allowed
in the professions
• Tend the farm
• Cook, wash, and clean the
house
• supposed to have some
knowledge of medicine
and be able to treat her
family's illnesses
Men
• He was the highest in
the family
• Made almost all
decision and judgments
• Had authority over the
wife
• In charged with the
duties of providing his
wife
5. 17th Century
Women
• Maintain silence in
the public
• Give unstinting
obedience to father
and husband
• Given the role of the
obedient wife.
Men
• Governor of his
family and household
• Given the role of
dominance and
control
• Tradesmen,
craftsmen, merchants
6. 18th Century
Women
• Running the family
home
• Not involved in
politics
• In charge of
coordinating and
producing materials
Men
• Is a rational and
reasonable creature
in both civilized
society and in a state
of nature
• Can and should
understand himself;
but cannot
understand God
7. 19th Century
Women
• They could be educated and
could study, as long as it did
not interfere with their
housework.
• Lower-class women could
be servants, domestic help
or factory workers
• Middle & Upper-class
women could help in some
cases with a family business
Men
• An overarching
patriarchal model which
reserved power and
privilege for men
• Dominated all decision-making
in political, legal
and economic affairs
• Higher on the
evolutionary ladder.
8. 20th Century
Women
• As women fought for
the right to vote and to
be true citizens of the
United States
• Identify themselves as
individuals with
identities to make real
money and also began
to get independence
• Breadwinners
Men
• Focus on serving
the country
• authoritative
figures
• cast as the leaders
9. 21st Century
Women
• No longer tied to the
home
• Free to live like men in
some respects
• Still earn less and are
less likely to end up in
top career positions,
such as company
directorships.
Men
• Men can be in touch
with their own feelings
• Involve themselves with
their kids in ways that
their own fathers were
held back from.
• Rise in numbers of stay
at home dad’s
