There is a relative a huge gap in the world today when it comes down to decision making power and opportunities. Around the globe, women are still fighting for equality that is a human right. In 2015, working women only earn 77 percent of what a man earns and in the world only 50 percent of working women are in the labor force compared to men. Have women always been inferior to men? Is there ever going to be equality between man and woman and why do societies view males and females differently when all human beings should be given the same rights? The way that gender roles are viewed in the creation myths demonstrate the different accepted behavior between men and women. Some cultural stories have equality, while others have male dominance
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In the Navajo stories equality is being featured, both both male and female, either god or human they are equal. First man and women say to the people, “ ‘Learn from your neighbors who live in pueblo how to cultivate beans and corns’ ” (World Mythology 501.) This evidence reveals that the Navajo people are friendly and there is no dominance of one group over the other. The Pueblo story also expresses the belief of equality. Spider Woman, Ut Set, and Nau Ut Set use different color stones and create the moon and sun, then after everything was set in place, “Spider Woman used the clay of earth, the red, the yellow, the white and black clay and with this she made people” (Spider Woman handout). Like the Navajo, the Pueblo also value every individual and respect everyone, it show that there is no one being superior than the other. Because everything living thing is given priority it represent equality. These values emphasises equality between living organism. These two cultures show that equality is …show more content…
The Japanese story The Creation of the Universe begins with equality and ended with inequality because Izanami spoke out of turn. After Izanagi and Izanami established their home, they separated in the opposite direction to explore the island. “ Izanami exclaimed, ‘how wonderful! I met a handsome young man!’ “ ‘ Izanami gave birth to their first child. Instead of an island, it was a disgusting leech child” ( World Mythology 371). “ The god replied, ‘ Izanami gave birth to a useless child because she does not appear to know her proper place’ ” ( World Mythology 371). In the Japanese culture they believe that when a woman speak first she bring bad luck to the family. Another story that is similar in terms of human equality is the Genesis story. It also started out with equality, but because Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent, they ate the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. God asked “ ‘ Who told you that you were naked?’ ” (Genesis 3:8). Adam and Eve were no longer innocence because they broke the rule and it leads to inequality between them. To Eve he said, “ ‘ I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for you husband, and he should rule over you’ ”(Genesis 3:16). In both stories women have crossed the line, which lead to the punishment of women being
In the Navajo stories equality is being featured, both both male and female, either god or human they are equal. First man and women say to the people, “ ‘Learn from your neighbors who live in pueblo how to cultivate beans and corns’ ” (World Mythology 501.) This evidence reveals that the Navajo people are friendly and there is no dominance of one group over the other. The Pueblo story also expresses the belief of equality. Spider Woman, Ut Set, and Nau Ut Set use different color stones and create the moon and sun, then after everything was set in place, “Spider Woman used the clay of earth, the red, the yellow, the white and black clay and with this she made people” (Spider Woman handout). Like the Navajo, the Pueblo also value every individual and respect everyone, it show that there is no one being superior than the other. Because everything living thing is given priority it represent equality. These values emphasises equality between living organism. These two cultures show that equality is …show more content…
The Japanese story The Creation of the Universe begins with equality and ended with inequality because Izanami spoke out of turn. After Izanagi and Izanami established their home, they separated in the opposite direction to explore the island. “ Izanami exclaimed, ‘how wonderful! I met a handsome young man!’ “ ‘ Izanami gave birth to their first child. Instead of an island, it was a disgusting leech child” ( World Mythology 371). “ The god replied, ‘ Izanami gave birth to a useless child because she does not appear to know her proper place’ ” ( World Mythology 371). In the Japanese culture they believe that when a woman speak first she bring bad luck to the family. Another story that is similar in terms of human equality is the Genesis story. It also started out with equality, but because Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent, they ate the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. God asked “ ‘ Who told you that you were naked?’ ” (Genesis 3:8). Adam and Eve were no longer innocence because they broke the rule and it leads to inequality between them. To Eve he said, “ ‘ I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for you husband, and he should rule over you’ ”(Genesis 3:16). In both stories women have crossed the line, which lead to the punishment of women being