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Women’s role in society | Stephanie Lamb | TEDxYouth@StPeterPort

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Stephanie is passionate about having an equal society for men and women. She discusses how women are often judged by each other and also the presentation of women in society in general, and the effect that this has on the women themselves.

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My personal knowledge and awareness has been constantly increasing throughout the entire course of Caribbean Civilization. There was always something new to be learned and what stood out to me was the great importance of women in the 18th century. This is something that changed my whole point of view on the evolution of women. Rather than being an evolution of importance of women and their abilities, they have always been important. The awareness of the importance has been the issue and as centuries went by this recessive gene became a dominant one and awareness has become prominent.

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Women presently hold practically any position in any field of work such as politics or the police force even to masonry and construction work. Women provide emotional support. Some may say they have the entire package. They possess the knowledge and ability mixed with the emotional touch which provides a twist to the basic management abilities in the workplace and at home. The awareness of the importance of women are much more prominent in society today. Prejudices still exist mainly from persons both male and female who may be stuck in their traditional ways even in a constantly evolving world where knowledge and understanding increase but also where ignorance is increasing. Women are much more empowered than they would have been in the 18th century and their roles differentiated from men are becoming a blurred boundary in today's society.

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White women did not stand out as much as the enslaved African woman because they were so few on plantations. The common conception was that the white women were incapable of managerial position. However, this was greatly contradicted by the mother of plantation owner, Chaloner Arcedekne in the book Beyond Massa by Dr John Campbell. She played a great role in making managerial decisions for the Golden Grove estate in Jamaica. Her decisions were actually indisputable when it came to plantation manager, Simon Taylor. He valued her opinions made on various aspects of running the plantation and he could not seem to find a fault in listening to her despite her being a woman. She was found to be quite knowledgeable in the financial field.

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The white woman in the 18th century was deemed unfit for life on a plantation because they were considered emotional, feeble and frail by nature compared to the man who was strong-willed, emotionally stable, intelligent, and brave. Women were stereotyped as housewives, socialization purposes when entertaining guests, to being the doting wife and mother. However they were quite capable of so much more than that. Sometimes when their husbands may have passed away these plantation owner wives had to take up these responsibilities in their husband's place. There their management abilities shone through.

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Enslaved women worked just as hard as the men on the plantations contrary to popular belief. According to Dr John Campbell in his book, Beyond Massa, “It was clear that enslaved women shipped to the plantation of the Atlantic world labored under the same heavy regimen and duties as their male counterparts,”
Enslaved women, much like women today had support systems for survival. When abused or raped other enslaved women took up the task of nursing them back to health (Campbell 101)

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Another great resistance strategy used by the enslaved women was their reproductive abilities and sexuality. Plantation owners tried to acquire slaves at little to no cost and one strategy was to use the African women for reproductive purposes. The enslaved women however could also undermine this aspect by choosing not to have children or if they did get pregnant they would cause themselves to have an abortion or kill their babies hence resisting using their bodies because the slave owners could not do anything about it. They could punish the women but that would not solve their problem. She could use her sexuality to turn white planters against each other because of their desire for her.

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Enslaved African women were typically seen as sexual objects, being a wife, reproduction and unskilled labor. This however was not the entire case. Enslaved women played a HUGE part in slave resistance strategies. This was made possible due to their prominent positions as domestic slaves in the plantation houses. They were privy to sensitive and classified information relayed by careless plantation owners and their associates. This information could easily be used to undermine their plans all credit to the African women. Being in the plantation house also gave them accessibility to resources within the house that could be used to poison the plantation owners in hopes of bringing about some kind of change.

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Throughout the course of the FOUN 1101 course a topic that stood out to me was Gender...the aspect that stuck out was the fact that women actually did more than perceived in the 18th century. This was primarily due to the fact that numerous literature on the case of slavery and life on plantations were often written from a masculine perspective. The voice they had was greater than we actually thought and the impact they had on change was quite significant although not very much acknowledged.

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Women were not as speechless as we perceived...We were more like undercover leaders

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Women were considered irrelevant to the life on the sugar plantation...FALSE!!