Gender Roles and Customs/Rituals Worksheet
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Gender Roles in World Today
Gender Roles: Set of perceived ______________norms associated with males or females
in social group or system
Gender Roles in Things Fall Apart
Compared to men, who are portrayed in Things Fall Apart as ______________ figures in
the traditional Igbo society, women are treated as ______________Within the family and
the village as a whole, women are ___________and____________.
They are not allowed to participate in meetings with men
In Things Fall Apart
In the context of farming, for instance, women plant ______, ____ and ______while men
work on the farm planting _____
___________.
Jobs Of Males
Males have the job of __________and __________the family
They are the ones to harvest the main and most important crop called _____.
Males Are More Powerful
The father, in the Igbo traditional society, does all he can to make sure that his son is
_________ or courageous and strong both physically and mentally.
Jobs of Females
Females in the Igbo Society need to serve their husbands in every way possible
Their main job in the society was to have ________.
They needed to be good ___________ to tell the young children the origin of their life.
Women are Weak
Mothers tell their daughters various stories about how to behave themselves to
_______important husbands, and how to _____ their husbands to win their hearts
For as men are responsible for securing _______ and _______ for their women
women's life is getting __________, having __________and providing ______ which
serve their husbands' needs.
Continued
_________ is the only effective “excuse” in the Igbo society.
She [Priestess] is the only respected woman who can shout at men; other women must
behave as they are told and do not have the right to argue.
Rituals/ Customs
Custom: A _________and _____________way of _________ or doing something that is
specific to a particular society, place, or time
In Things Fall Apart (Customs)
Three very important customs or traditions in Things Fall Apart are __________,
___________, and __________
Polygamy is the custom of having _____ _____ _____ wife
Polytheism is the belief in or worship of ___________ god.
Patriarchy or the system of society where the father or the eldest man is the ______ of the
family, and which the power is passed on through the male line
Continued..
Tribe chooses man’s worth or quality by the number of ________, and _______ he has,
and also by the number of_______ that he grows.
Feast of New Yam
Feast of New Yam is in the beginning of the ________, where it was a time to give
gratitude to the earth Goddess ______
In order the prepare for Feast of New Yam, people had many jobs of hut-cleaning and
decorating, cooking, body painting, and head shaving.
Many of the family’s relatives come from far away to be in the feast and to drink the
most known drink called _________
Isa-Ifi
The _________ is another very important custom of the Igbo culture.
The bride sits in the middle with a _____ in her right hand, and a large circle of people
and is asked questions about her _________
Ancestral Power
Justice in the Igbo community was judged by ancestral _________, and also by the gods.
Court was a ceremony where people would take their cases to the ancestors’ spirits
(___________) in order to have their disputes settled _________