LESSON 10

THEORIES ON THE
ORIGIN OF WOMEN’S
OPPRESSION

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Determine the rudiments of sexual

discrimination.
2. Examine on how discrimination
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has evolved
based on historical circumstances.
3. Justify how essentialist reasoning contribute to
women oppression.

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WOMEN’S
OPPRESSIONS

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WOMEN OPPRESSION

FORANGING- RELYING ON FOOD

PROVIDED BY NATURE THROUGH THE
GATHERING OF PLANTS
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AND ANIMALS
- 90% FROM FORANGING
-10 % FROM HUNTING

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1. WOMEN BEAR AND RAISE
CHILDREN
2. HEALERS USING HERBS
3. SOURCE OF L CULTURAL AND
EMOTIONAL EDUCATION OF
CHILDREN
4. BEAR PART OF ESSENTIAL DNA
5. MEDIATORS TO THE GOD
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ROSALIND MILES – FEMINIST WRITER,
JOURNALIST, HISTORIAN WHO SEARCHED THE
HIDDEN ROLE OF WOMEN THROUGH OUT
HISTORY.
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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IS NOT A

NATURAL PHENOMENON BUT A SITUATION
THAT EVOLVED THROUGH TIME.

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GODDESS WORSHIP
TO GOD WORSHIP

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 • SHIFTS OF PARADIGMS
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

GODDESS

SUPPRE
EARTH

SSION
MALE
THE PROGRESSION OF FEMALE-CENTRIC TO
MALE-CENTRIC WORSHIP IS ONE THEORY ON THE
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ACCORDING TO ROSALIND MILES

AROUND 1500 BC, WOMEN WERE LESS VALUED

AND THEIR STATUS WERE THREATENED WITH THE
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 THE FIRST GREAT GODS OF EARLY
CIVILIZATIONS WERE WOMEN. 5,000 YEARS AGO,
MOTHER GODDESS FIGURE DISCOVERED IN THE
MAJOR CIVILIZATION OF THE WORLD. THIS MOTHER
FIGURE WAS CELEBRATED AND VENERATED FOR HER
FERTILITY.

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IN THE PHILIPPINES
THE CHARACTER AND ASPECT OF WOMAN WAS
ADAPTED AND PORTRAYED. SOME MORE ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS, MEN’S PENISES WERE CARVED OUT INTO
VAGINAS TO SEIZE THE POWERS OF THE GODDESS.

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GODDESS-BASED SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
IT IS COMMUNITY HAVING A BELIEF AND
PRACTICE OF WORSHIPPING WOMAN AS DEITY.
DIFFERENT MYTHS ARE MADE TO SATISFY THE
CULTURE PRESENT IN A CERTAIN PLACE.

LATER, MANKIND CHANGED THEIR PERSPECTIVES

DUE TO FOCUS ON THE EMPIRICAL, RATHER THAN
THE MYTHICAL.

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PHALLUS CULT

COMMUNITY TEND TO CONDUCT PHALLUS

(MALE GENERATIVE ORGAN) WORSHIP BY USING
REALISTIC REPRESENTATION OR SYMBOLS FOR
CEREMONITIES

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MOTHER-GODDESS CULT

COMMUNITY TEND TO BELIEVE THE APPERANCE

OF FEMALE DEITIES, THEIR PREVALENCE, AS WELL AS
DESTRUCTION.

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EVE AND OTHER

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 WOMEN RELIGION ALSO INFLUENCED THE
NEGATIVE PERCEPTION OF WOMEN AS EVIDENCED IN
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN STORY EVE BEING THE FIRST
WOMEN AND ITS MYTHIC MANY VARIATION.

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A SHIFT OF
PRODUCTION

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THE SHIFT TO AGRICULTURE – A PLAUSIBLE
THEORY FOR THE SUPPRESION OF WOMEN.

AGRICULTURE- MORE STABLE THAN HUNTING AND

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IT REQUIRES THE INVESTMENT OF MAN POWER AND

LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.

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IN THIS THEORY, SUPPRESSION OF THE VALUE
OF WOMEN AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THEIR
OWN VALUE EVIDENT SO THAT THEY WOULD
CONTINUE TO ACCEPT THEIR ROLE AS
RECEPTIVE GROUNDS LFOR THE SEED OF MEN
ON WHICH THE NEXT GENERATION OF
WORKERS IS TO BE GROWN.

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REPRODUCTION– HAD TO BE PROTECTED AND
CONTROLLED

MAN – FOCUSES ON THE

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WOMEN – LABORER PRODUCTION

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OPPRESSION – ESSENTIALIST REASONS

OPPRESSION OF WOMEN IS DUE TO THE

NATURE OF THEIR GENDER
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SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED ROLES.

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BIOLOGICAL MAKE IP

SMALLER AND LESS BULKY

MINDS ARE WEAK ANDL ASSUMED TO BE

IMCAPABLE OF ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS

COME WITH NATURAL IMPURITIES BECAUSE

THEY BLEED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
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THEIR MORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKEUP
IS BLAMED TFOR THEIR UMWORTHINESS OF
GREAT ACTS

OPPRESSION OF WOMENL IS MADE POSSIBLE

BECAUSE OF EXISTING SYSTEMS THAT
ORIENT PEOPLE TOWARD OPPRESSING
WOMEN, NOT BECAUSE WOMEN ARE
FUNDAMENTALLY WEAKER OR FLAWED.

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 THANK YOU!
ANY QUESTIONS?

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