Gender and sexual

ityGender and Sexuality

The Feminist Revolution

The feminists movements, which had its first wave in the ending of the nineteenth century, are the base of the modern society. Women started to seek equality and being active part of the world they lived in. Until that moment, men used to be not only the center, but the whole world. They did and decided everything while women were left aside. Even now, women continue to seek the equality ideal.

The Male Supremacy Since we can remember, the world has been ruled by men. For being strongest than women, for being the provider of the group, men took the higher position even in the most primitive political system. In Stone Age, for example, men were responsible for hunting to feed the group, take the lead when the needed to move, find another place to stay and to protect the group.
In Religion We can clearly see the male power if we look at some religions. In antiquity, for instance, the Greek had the Olympian Gods. Although they had goddesses among them, the three most powerful ones were men: Zeus, Poseidon and Ades. Before them, the titan who used to rule the world was Kronos, their father, also a male God. When the Olympian Gods fell in love with mortal and had kids, the demigod, the heroes, were always men: Perseus, Hercules and Theseus. They lived in the mortal world for being not too powerful to be in Olympus, but yet much more the mere mortals. There is no record of a female hero. The Christians are another good example. They worship a male God, our father, the most powerful creature, the one who sees it all and is everywhere. Two thousand and ten years ago (Greek-roman calendar), God sent his son to our world: a man named Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah. Several other religions revere him in some way. He is one of the most influential figures in human history.

The Catholic Church The Church used to be, in early modern Europe, on the top of the social pyramid and all the clergy was made