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Assignment 02

During the 1500’s land became privatized and that brought forth an unintended change, people of the lower class were greatly affected, especially women. This sudden shift, forced all but those of the wealthy class to work, prior to this, pleasant were able to provide for themselves and their family members through agricultural means. It was a complete change of life style for all and one that the people didn’t really thrived in. What ever foods one would produce would be theirs, if there was a surplus of goods the people would trade among themselves for other goods. The new system took all of that away and gave the workers a payment instead of the goods they produced, often times many workers weren’t able to feed themselves for their families. It was noted that in many cases workers would travel from field to field in search of work, women weren’t suited for such a work style as they were given the task of taking care of children or give birth. Women had a much harder time working and putting food on the table than men did at the time. In the past men and women were considered to be near equal ground; women weren’t really being degraded. They were paid lower than their male counterparts despite doing the same tasks and not even considered to take on certain jobs. Federici wanted to highlight how all of this created social hierarchy where women were placed at the very bottom. Even as the times changed, this hierarchy remained firmly would eventually cause major uprising around the world. Women always had to fill the expectations of society, more specifically men and this is still true today to some extent. Women never really got a chance to do what they wanted, to be strong, independent, and ultimately define what it means to be a women themselves not by men.