WEEK 4 cont.

WEEK 4
Sept 20

Chapter 2 (Documents):

This pictures shows a female of the Indus Valley civilization. She was known as a dancer or an entertainer. Her arms and legs are lengthy and her body appears to be very slim. The female statue is seen wearing very little clothes. Her breasts are very much exposed. Her long arms are covered in jewelry, more specifically, bangles. The hair of the woman is tied up. Her head is held up high and her hand is on her hip. Looking at this statue, I infer that women who were dancers in the Indus Valley civilization were proud of who they were. They were confident in their body, given no clothes besides a bottom to cover half of her lady parts. This also shows that they were proud to be dancers / entertainers. To me, this statue gives off a positive spin on what women were expected to do in the past. Everyone sees the jobs women were given, as sexist or inhumane, but as this statue of a dancer shows great confidence, it shows that not everything women did in the past was to satisfy others.