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Sexism De Luca, Assunta Miami Dade College

                                      Role of women in Renaissance (1400-1600 CE)

1. The period of rebirth and culture was between 1400 to 1600. Renaissance came along with individual self-expression and worldly experience. Renaissance women were characterized by renaissance ideas, though their role was to marry, be loyal to the husband and give birth to boys.

2. In the renaissance period, women were not allowed to speak their minds, and men shaped their thoughts and ideas. Law class women were given the role of homemakers and took care of everything in the house (Richardson, 2020). The working-class women were expected to run the business alongside their husbands and go home and take care of the household. Upper-class women had workers who workers for them but still expected to take care of the family.

3. Society believed that women were inferior to men and, therefore, should be seen and not heard.

4. Women's roles never changed during this period. Though women tried to express themselves and the things they wanted to do, people strongly disapprove of them.

5.  Some women made a remarkable achievement in the field of art. For example, is Isabella d'Este was able to speak Greek and Latin (Amundsen, 2020). She was also able to play the lute and debate with people much older than her. Another woman is Catherine de Medici, who teaches her children leadership, and her sons become kings under her influence. These women set an example of women by away from the traditional role of what women are expected.

6. The perception of renaissances has dramatically influenced modern America's ideas about women and sexism. Most women have come with different movements to fight for their rights and promote sexism.

 

                                                         References

Amundsen Bergström, M. (2020). Louïze Labé Lionnoize: the making of an early modern

             author. Renaissance Studies.

Richardson, B. (2020). Women and the Circulation of Texts in Renaissance Italy. Cambridge University

             Press.