Essay - Comparison of Inca and Spanish Ideas Regarding the Roles of...

comparison of Inca and Spanish ideas regarding the roles ***** females and males

***** paper presents a detailed description and comparison of ***** Inca and Spanish ideas regarding the roles ***** females and males. The writer uses examples of similarities and differences to illustrate the point.

TAKING STEPS BACKWARDS

As the world continues to globalize, mankind pats itself on the back and believes that it continues ***** move in a forw*****rd motion. All one has to do is observe the equality of the sexes today to know ***** the world has come a long way from the old days. However when ***** studies the his*****ry of two cultures, ***** ***** ***** the Incas one discovers that a long ago and forgotten civilization had as much if not more gender equality than h***** ever *****appened since without a fight. The Inca society was so far ahead of its time when it came to he ***** ***** men ***** wo***** that the *****rld has not yet caught up thousands of years later.

The Spanish civilization had many ***** but over all it ***** ***** less apt to treat ***** genders with the same level of respect or position than ***** *****s did.

In the Inca society women and men were considered of equal importance. It was not uncommon for a women to have as much power or authority ***** a m*****n in the workplace or the social setting. The Inca woman was considered as intelligent ***** capable ***** the man and that was demonstrated *****y *****s as the women got involved in ruling others, political styled issues and work needs. The ***** population however, while treating the women as equals to the men in the area of royalty, it was the only place that they were equal. In other ********** such as politics, work or decision making the female spent years oppressed ***** subservient to ***** men in their lives.

The ********** were smart to make the female an equal part of the equation. This gave them double the ***** power when they arrived in the new land and gained the status ***** the surrounding communities. This w***** how ***** *****cas built an entire empire and ***** they d***** it w*****hout the use of the ***** they may have failed or ***** have taken much ********** to succeed.

There was one area where the Incas and the Spanish were alike. When it came to the Emperor the Queen had power, but a b***** less ***** than her husb***** the emperor. And their son ***** given clout just by being a male child. The eldest sister of the ***** ***** was given the highest role in spiritual leadership ***** *****re *****, again evening out the roles between ***** genders and giving the women a fair amount ***** respect.

Females played a very important part in the development of the Inca Empire as it was being ***** and *****n maintaining ***** later.

While the Spanish ***** the Incan community valued ***** beauty and grace