This week’s
section on the second era civilization movement was somewhat dragging because
nothing new really developed. Instead
reinvention and upgrades were key factors in societies and civilizations. Much of what stands out to me was the women
role versus the men role. Slavery played
a large role in Roman Empire times and in other empires such as Africa but not
as much compared to the Roman Empire.
The phrase that “history repeats itself” is a very common phrase that
kept playing in my mind as I read through the chapters. Presently in Nigeria, the “Bring Back Our
Girls” task is what I would compare happened to slave children years ago. In that civilization, women were known to
weave, for pottery, jewelry design and home bearing but not for education or
voting. Now decades later, these young
girls are stolen from a school ground in protest of a Muslim group claiming
“Western education is a sin.” Auctioned
for $12 as “wives” of militants these young educating seeking girls are the
biggest threat in Nigeria. What was their
threat in second era civilization? At
least in Egypt, women were viewed differently and given the right to rule or
become property landowners. Now a days,
the military fears not only drones but also girls with school bags. The Nigeria community is bothered frustrated
and outraged by the lack of community yet alone Nigerian government
support. They seek for allied help such
as the United States to push things and come to the rescue.
Which brings
another question to mind…How did Alexander the Great conquer and battle so many
in a ten year expedition? Was gender a contributing factor to get what he set
to do? For the girls’ of Nigeria sake, I really hope that the extremists have a
change of heart and release those girls out of generosity, humanity, and
age. Or else, what can be said from the
past, from history? Not much has changed
in regards to gender roles and rights especially in other parts of the world.
