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September 09, 2020

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1. Google Natalie Angier

i. Completed two years at Michigan University, then graduated from Barnard

College, where, in 1978, she studied physics and English.

ii. She wrote for Discover Magazine about Biology, and in 1990 became a

science writer for the New York Times.

iii. She is a 1991 Pulitzer Prize recipient for Beat Reporting.

iv. She was an associate instructor for the NYU Graduate Program in Science,

Health and Environmental monitoring for a short amount of time.

v. Her immaculate investigating skills did receive the AAAS award.

vi. She has written various books, including Natural Obsessions (1988), Beauty of

the Beastly (1995), and Woman: An Intimate Geography (1999).

2. Angier points out when it came to the elaborate patterns on pregnancy figurines such as

Kostenski’s Venus, in which it was apparent that the monument was wearing a woven

bandeau top. And because of those details carved into these hand-sized stone figures,

researchers provide an idea into how Palaeolithic women were much more sophisticated than

they had previously believed[ CITATION Raj154 \l 16393 ]. Evidence has shown that to catch

their next prey, and women were weaving plant fibers into baskets, clothing, rope and net.

This theory was also proven by the different types of services statues displaying woven

basket-like hats placed on their heads to hide their facial characteristics and lesser-hanging

skirts draped across their wide hips, emphasizing the lengthened belly and breasts on full

display; which gave some archaeologists a right to suppose of such statues like some form of

prehistoric porn. When different explications are given as to why these little statues exist, is

this a form of worshipping fertility? A sex object of Palaeolithic origin? The only way that

we would find out is to ask our prehistoric ancestors.

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2. Three things about each author

i. In January 2007, she became a columnist for the Science Times.

ii. Ms. Angier’s column centers on science’s fundamentals.

iii. Won multiple other awards, including the AAAS award for journalistic

excellence[ CITATION Edg20 \l 16393 ]

3. Ramon Gutierrez

i. Ramon Gutierrez was born in 1966 and is a Spanish Postwar & Contemporary artist.

ii. Gutiérrez is a cultural research and historiography professor at the University of

California

iii. He got his BA In the history of Latin America at the University of New Mexico,

and both his MA And doctorate in history at the University of Wisconsin,

Madison[ CITATION His \l 16393 ].

i. Gutiérrez, one of the leading Latin academics in the nation, has been awarded

numerous academic awards.

ii. He specializes in Mexican-American history, Indian-White American relations and

Mexican border control

In Part I of “When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away,” Ramon A. Gutierrez

deliberated many characteristics of the “Pueblo Indian” world in the 16th century. One

of the most prominent aspects debated is perhaps that of sexual identity. The sexual

concept starts at conception when a wedding is held in which the penis of a boy at

birth is slathered with water, and the vulva of a girl is coated with a wheat-filled

gourd. This corresponds to when the “clouds (men) poured down their rain (semen)

the seeds (women) would sprout and come to life.” A common theme of sexual

identity continues throughout life in this sex is an essential issue for females after

trying to feed the family. A woman gives her husband her body for the respect and
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work that he showed and did for her mother. A woman gives her body to someone

besides her husband in return for a kind of good like meat or blankets. A woman

keeps the household going through sex and thus makes sex a crucial component of

continuing a mutually beneficial way of life[ CITATION Ram16 \l 16393 ]. The men and

women connect on a tantamount level. They’re reaching a moment where everything

is in balance. The Indians of the Pueblo do not shame on erotic behavior, nor do they

promote modesty. During wartime, sexuality is even brought in to play. Men, coming

back from war, carry the scalps of the slain enemy. With the scalp, the women

continue to touch their genitals and even make a gesture of sexual activity with the

scalps. This activity “was to take power away from the enemy.” While sex could be

used as a power stronghold for women and men, it can act as a method of devastation,

robbing others about their power all the time. Sex was a tool that ran the whole of

society, and during the sixteenth century, somehow related to every component of the

responsibilities in life.

4. Catherine Clay, Chandrika Paul, and Christine Senecal

A. Catherine Clay

i. Lecturer at “Shippensburg University”

ii. Co-wrote “Envisioning Women in World History,” with Chandrika

Paul

B. Chandrika Paul

i. Lecturer at Shippensburg University

ii. Got her MA as well as Ph.D. from the “University of Cincinnati.”

C. Christine Senecal

i. Lecturer at “Shippensburg University”

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ii. got her BA (history) at the “The University of California” and MA as

well as Ph.D. (history) from Boston College

5. In the reading, “Women in the First Urban Communities,” Chandrika Paul, Catherine

Clay, and Christine Senecal define that slavery arose with the first cities. Between the

years 3100 and 600 BCE, men began to view women as personal property in

Mesopotamia. They would interchange and inevitably have complete control over

“the sexual identity and reproduction rate of women.” Father’s would give other men

power over their daughters for “wealth and household goods, and sometimes less

trivial property like status and influence.” An immediate effect of this women’s

buying and selling was that women’s social position took a great hit. During this time,

the position of women within the social inequality began to deteriorate. Slavery has

had a big effect in the first towns. There were various types of female slaves like

courtesans (unfree females bought for reproduction) to female slaves used during

brute strength labor. Female slaves were more abundant than male slaves and were

also more valuable than their male counterparts.

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References

Edge. (2020). Natalie Angier. Retrieved from Edge:

https://www.edge.org/memberbio/natalie_angier

Gutierrez, R. A., & Almaguer, T. (2016). The New Latino Studies Reader: A Twenty-First-

Century Perspective. Univ of California Press.

Historynewsnetwork. (n.d.). Ramón Gutiérrez: Historian of race, ethnic relations, named

director of the center. Retrieved from Historynewsnetwork:

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/51371

Nayak, R., & Padhye, R. (2015). Garment Manufacturing Technology. Elsevier.