I want to guess that a patriarch society dominates over the inhabitants. The men are definitely a higher part of the societal class. They hunt wild game and bring food to their families, which are essential the most prized features in a community.
I agree with Charles. it is possible that they are still stuck in the past where men are wanted more than women. In the first chapter the young grass dancers find it very interesting when a girl is a grass dancer. The boys aren't use to this but find it very amusing.
I agree that in the Grass Dancer, men in the society play a more dominate role than women. Men are relied on to provide for the family by hunting and protecting them from harm. Grass Dancing was traditonally done mostly by men to tell their story to others in this particular art form. Men also wore traditional costumes during their performance as a way to show off their rank in society and their masculinity.
I would agree with Charles and Erica. Since the Sioux culture was primarily patriarchal and male dominated, we would not see women in such high standing roles. Women would more likely be cleaning, cooking or doing some sort of role people would figure to be a role done by women. The men are thought of as the providers and are therefore put into a higher societal ranking. In chapeter 1, it is thought of as weird when they see that a girl is one of the grass dancers. Through the girl being a grass dancer, the societal rankings are being broken.
P.s. Mr. Beeche I did two blogs this week to make up for when I was gone in New Orleans.
Women were not really dominate since the beginnning of time. Even to this day, women are not well represented and seen as an inferior gender. In the Sioux culture women arent the dominated sex. It is something interesting to them to see a girl grassdancer.
After reading the beginning of the Grass Dancer, I had a feeling that the men played a more important role than the women that live on the reservation. To me the men are more important because they were the ones who hunted and risked their lives in order to provide the food for the family. On the other hand the women were expected to take care of the children and take care of the house. To go back to the question there are barely any female grass dancers because they were expected to do other things than dancing.
There are barely any female grass dancers because it was customary to have the males as more dominant and "important" individuals than females on the reservation. In that way, there were similar to our culture, before we became more developed. The roles that each one played were those expected of them; the men, being providers, went out to bring home the bacon while the women were the main caretakers or the estate and children.
I was also wondering why there weren't many female characters in the chapter- but then again, I realized that at that time, females did not take on a big role in society. Men were seen as superior, while women were seen as inferior. Men were seen to have the most power and seen as the "protector" and "provider," yet women were to care for the men and children by cooking, cleaning,
this is a really interesting question but I think there aren't really that many grass dancers because the males dominated the society and the females were seen as inferior. They aren't really well represented and I feel like sometimes they still aren't well represented, evne though our culture has been improving on that. I think also that females were meant to be doing other things and not dancing.
This is definitely a good question to consider. I agree that the absence of a female presence is due to men basically holding dominance. It isn't uncommon for societies in the past like this one to treat men with more importance than women. Men were responsible for the livelihoods of their family providing protection and food. Another good point that Iven brought up was that dancing was reserved for men.
This is an interesting question that I have not thought about prior to you raising it.
ReplyDeletei have to think about this question some more than i come back to it but great question hartley
ReplyDeleteI want to guess that a patriarch society dominates over the inhabitants. The men are definitely a higher part of the societal class. They hunt wild game and bring food to their families, which are essential the most prized features in a community.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Charles. it is possible that they are still stuck in the past where men are wanted more than women. In the first chapter the young grass dancers find it very interesting when a girl is a grass dancer. The boys aren't use to this but find it very amusing.
ReplyDeleteI agree that in the Grass Dancer, men in the society play a more dominate role than women. Men are relied on to provide for the family by hunting and protecting them from harm. Grass Dancing was traditonally done mostly by men to tell their story to others in this particular art form. Men also wore traditional costumes during their performance as a way to show off their rank in society and their masculinity.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with Charles and Erica. Since the Sioux culture was primarily patriarchal and male dominated, we would not see women in such high standing roles. Women would more likely be cleaning, cooking or doing some sort of role people would figure to be a role done by women. The men are thought of as the providers and are therefore put into a higher societal ranking. In chapeter 1, it is thought of as weird when they see that a girl is one of the grass dancers. Through the girl being a grass dancer, the societal rankings are being broken.
ReplyDeleteP.s. Mr. Beeche I did two blogs this week to make up for when I was gone in New Orleans.
Women were not really dominate since the beginnning of time. Even to this day, women are not well represented and seen as an inferior gender. In the Sioux culture women arent the dominated sex. It is something interesting to them to see a girl grassdancer.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the beginning of the Grass Dancer, I had a feeling that the men played a more important role than the women that live on the reservation. To me the men are more important because they were the ones who hunted and risked their lives in order to provide the food for the family. On the other hand the women were expected to take care of the children and take care of the house. To go back to the question there are barely any female grass dancers because they were expected to do other things than dancing.
ReplyDeleteThere are barely any female grass dancers because it was customary to have the males as more dominant and "important" individuals than females on the reservation. In that way, there were similar to our culture, before we became more developed. The roles that each one played were those expected of them; the men, being providers, went out to bring home the bacon while the women were the main caretakers or the estate and children.
ReplyDeleteI was also wondering why there weren't many female characters in the chapter- but then again, I realized that at that time, females did not take on a big role in society. Men were seen as superior, while women were seen as inferior. Men were seen to have the most power and seen as the "protector" and "provider," yet women were to care for the men and children by cooking, cleaning,
ReplyDeletethis is a really interesting question but I think there aren't really that many grass dancers because the males dominated the society and the females were seen as inferior. They aren't really well represented and I feel like sometimes they still aren't well represented, evne though our culture has been improving on that. I think also that females were meant to be doing other things and not dancing.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely a good question to consider. I agree that the absence of a female presence is due to men basically holding dominance. It isn't uncommon for societies in the past like this one to treat men with more importance than women. Men were responsible for the livelihoods of their family providing protection and food. Another good point that Iven brought up was that dancing was reserved for men.
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