Roles Of Women In The 17th Century

“In the beginning, of our story all significant societies were clearly patriarchal. There was no single exception” (Therborn, 2004, 17). In the period before the feminist movement occurred, the representation and status were oppressive and limit as they were expected to be submissive to their husbands and fathers. Therefore, in that period, roles as mother, daughters and wives were considered as the significant roles for women in society. However, there were some good signs of changes in the 17th century that the attitude and representation of women started to gradually improve.
In the late period of time, women in Mesopotamia were not equal compared with men. But in the early period, women were able to go outside their house, have their own