Women's Roles
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Women's Roles
What do you think of their roles in the novel?
Is there any difference between the way Celts and Romans saw women and their roles?
Was the Celtic system genuinely promoting gender equality or not?
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I liked that too.cristinaro wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 05:05 One of the things I liked about Linnea Tanner's novel is the portrayal of strong women. What is more, there are both positive and negative female characters such as Catrin, Queen Rhiannon, Vala, Mor or Rhan.
What do you think of their roles in the novel?
Is there any difference between the way Celts and Romans saw women and their roles?
Was the Celtic system genuinely promoting gender equality or not?
There was certainly difference between the way Celts and Romans' women. The Celt women had more freedom, were equal to the men, and could choose their own husbands (most times), while the Roman treated women as inferior. I am not sure the Celtic system genuinely promoted gender equality, as in some cases the women were forced to marry people of the other tribes in order to strength political connections.
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I think the Romans were more harsh towards women. Treating them as nothing except for sex and birthing. Celtics show more like it was equal, or treated them better then what the Romans did. I think the Celtic men looked towards the women as well for advice. I guess they knew women knew better.
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I really like that the author had made this comparison between the women's role in two such major civilizations. What was the actual historical Celtic system is probably just a guessing game. Though as far as I have understood the Celtic background was nature religions (in AR's included through the female druids, ravens etc.) and there are plenty of examples in the nature of genders being equal or often female more in the leader position.cristinaro wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 05:05 One of the things I liked about Linnea Tanner's novel is the portrayal of strong women. What is more, there are both positive and negative female characters such as Catrin, Queen Rhiannon, Vala, Mor or Rhan.
What do you think of their roles in the novel?
Is there any difference between the way Celts and Romans saw women and their roles?
Was the Celtic system genuinely promoting gender equality or not?
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Amen on that one, sister...Facennagoss wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 14:04 Having said that, I don’t think we are any further ahead today than the Celts were all those years ago.
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So I've been doing some reading and from what I understand there was no such thing as "Celts." Instead, it was various different tribes and people from the British Isles to Anatolia. There is no answer to that question because there was no such thing as a Celtic system.cristinaro wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 05:05 Is there any difference between the way Celts and Romans saw women and their roles?
Was the Celtic system genuinely promoting gender equality or not?
Besides that, as a history lover, I have grown extremely skeptical about claims of ancient matriarchal or gender-equal societies. There's no solid evidence for them, just wishful thinking that doesn't align with reality. I'm just sick of certain feminists who think rewriting history is going to "inspire women" or something like that when all it does is delegitimize the movement and makes them appear like quacks.
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I hope you enjoy this book, but I admit to being pretty disappointed by the main female lead.AmandaReadsBooks1 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 16:18 I’m getting ready to read this book now, but from the sample alone I can state that I already loved the dichotomy between sisters. I’m also always a fan of strong female lead roles in fiction. The more the merrier!!
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I completely agree with you. These attempts of rewriting history only makes the movement seem more flimsy. However, I have read that some matriarchal societies still exists in parts of India. Though I am not sure how much their ideals go with the established notions of Feminism.AliceofX wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 15:36So I've been doing some reading and from what I understand there was no such thing as "Celts." Instead, it was various different tribes and people from the British Isles to Anatolia. There is no answer to that question because there was no such thing as a Celtic system.cristinaro wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 05:05 Is there any difference between the way Celts and Romans saw women and their roles?
Was the Celtic system genuinely promoting gender equality or not?
Besides that, as a history lover, I have grown extremely skeptical about claims of ancient matriarchal or gender-equal societies. There's no solid evidence for them, just wishful thinking that doesn't align with reality. I'm just sick of certain feminists who think rewriting history is going to "inspire women" or something like that when all it does is delegitimize the movement and makes them appear like quacks.
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There has never been a truer statement than this! I do think we are still really far off, especially since nowadays the obstacles are generally not tangible.Facennagoss wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 14:04 I think there was more equality amongst the Celts than the was with the Romans but I certainly wouldn’t split it 50/50. Having said that, I don’t think we are any further ahead today than the Celts were all those years ago.