Later on she spotted a man that looked out of the ordinary. He got closer to her and randomly kissed her. She feels uncomfortable and told her father about it. He was a father that never laid a hand on her and she scared him from birth because of the pain his wife went through. She described that Leah and her aunt Rachel were the most beautiful people and they had features that she loved on both of them. Jacob the random guy that kissed her introduced himself to Rachel and Leban. He is the son of Rebecca’s, Leban’s sister. They thought that Leah’s mother was a witch and her grandmother slapped the woman who said that so hard and cursed her tongue. There were plenty who still remained that the baby was a devil. She was a tall girl, all the men were up to her nose, short men disgusted her. Jacob would smell her and it would remind him of sex but never said a word about her eyes. Her eyes were different colors that people that were weird. One quote that stood out to me was “She loved her sons passionately until they grew beards, but after that could barely bring herself to look at them”. (page.13; para.3) One question that I had through the first part of the book was why did jacob kissed Rachel? Aren't they related? Dinah played a lot with Joseph and a couple of other girls in the camp. She mostly spent the time with her mother, teaching her new things. She would tell her stories about her goddesses and their …show more content…
Then to men ruling society or government. It could never be both types of genders coming together to agree on one thing that will benefit all of us equally. Here are some of the differences between matriarchal and patriarchal cultures. Out of the six Matriarchal societies is The Bribri are a small indigenous group over 13,000 people living on a reserve in Talamanca canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica. Like many other matrilineal societies, the Bribri are organized into clans. Each clan has extended family, and is determined through the mother/females. Women are the only ones who traditionally can inherit land. Women also endowed with the right to prep the cacao used in sacred Bribri rituals. (www.mentalfloss.com) And now Patriarchal society is consists of a male-dominated power structure throughout organized society and in individual relationships. And where power was held by and passed down through the elder males. (www.womenshistory.about.com) Would the world be different if mothering characteristics were deeply valued? i think yes, because men don’t give women credit on what we have to do. They think well since their women they have to do that but they don’t know what we go through and the pain. It would be great if we we valued on the things we have to do and got through as well. The rise of Patriarchy these last 45000 years have