Archaeologist and anthropologist have debated about the nature of gender role in Aboriginal societies (Williams and Jolly, 1992:10). Because by the time they have tried to understand the role of gender in the Aboriginals. The Aboriginal way of living has changed, the European way of living has impacted on aboriginal culture. The European colonisers have brought with them a set of European gender concepts to Australia (Rose, 1996:28). These concepts have changed the living standards and gender roles of the Aboriginal community. But it still remained that it was a male dominated policy that control the society. Therefore they assumed that Aboriginal women are without any social power and therefore they had no relevant knowledge of the country.
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As wife in Aboriginal women were suppose tie bear children but also be the breadwinner of the family. As it can be seen it is very different then European women, European women were not expected to be breadwinner they were supposed to be house wife. Aboriginal women did all the hunting and fishing because the men were never home, however even though they did all this, the work that they had done did not measure up to the standard of a males work. Even to the Europeans however some concluded this a daily routine that Aboriginal women did as slavery (Williams and Jolly). Nerveless this provided the aboriginal women with a sense of independence. Both genders in the Aboriginal society were involve on the spiritual aspect of the culture. Both males and females were part of the dreaming. Although more were written about the ceremonies for men, women were not taken into consideration. Women were major part of the rituals as well they even had their own ceremonies where male cannot participate (Williams and Jolly). Women have major roles in all the aspect of family life such as marriage and death, however the spiritual statues of a women cannot be better than that of a male. They were still seen as inferior to men. Yet because the whole Aboriginal culture is based on the traditions of the dreaming and not written in history the spiritual idea of men and women were seen as
As wife in Aboriginal women were suppose tie bear children but also be the breadwinner of the family. As it can be seen it is very different then European women, European women were not expected to be breadwinner they were supposed to be house wife. Aboriginal women did all the hunting and fishing because the men were never home, however even though they did all this, the work that they had done did not measure up to the standard of a males work. Even to the Europeans however some concluded this a daily routine that Aboriginal women did as slavery (Williams and Jolly). Nerveless this provided the aboriginal women with a sense of independence. Both genders in the Aboriginal society were involve on the spiritual aspect of the culture. Both males and females were part of the dreaming. Although more were written about the ceremonies for men, women were not taken into consideration. Women were major part of the rituals as well they even had their own ceremonies where male cannot participate (Williams and Jolly). Women have major roles in all the aspect of family life such as marriage and death, however the spiritual statues of a women cannot be better than that of a male. They were still seen as inferior to men. Yet because the whole Aboriginal culture is based on the traditions of the dreaming and not written in history the spiritual idea of men and women were seen as