Men And Women During The Colonial Times.
Men. Today, or yesterday, they are men. Back in the colonial times, there were many things a man needed to do, and specific roles he must fulfill. For example, men had to work in the fields, and do most of the dirty work. In the year 1607, men went to America to find gold, but instead, they found disease, famine, and a lot more hardships. These men were not used to work, so they had to get used to working. The men hunted, and fed the family. The rich men of the colonies wore white wigs. I don't know why, but it was the "in" thing to do. Just like now, how "skinny" jeans are "in". Well, for some people. Also, Men had a lot of social pressure on them to marry young. They had to marry young because of two reasons. One, the life expectancy was super short. Two, it was humiliating to be single after the age of twenty-five. Men were also legally aloud to beat their wives, however, if they murdered their wives, they were hung.
Women. The lovely ladies that walk down the street. However, in the colonial times, they were very rarely aloud to do that. They were locked inside the house, doing housework. Housewives had to cook, make clothes, and be the doctor of the family, on top of cleaning, tending to the animals, gardening, making household products to use and sell, and maintaining a fire. Even middle class women had to do SOME of these chores. But they had servants to help them out. Also, women were basically owned by there father, and then when married, owned by their husband. Married women had no control over money or property; and they were not aloud to vote. Widows had a better life. However, if a woman were to run away from her husband, she could get arrested and tried for stealing the clothes she had on her back, and herself. Apparently, that was stealing. If a women murdered her husband, she would be buried alive.
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