Women of Mythology

It is not an unknown fact that there has been a difference on how society viewed and treated men and women. In today's time, more people are starting to be enlightened and are fighting to abolish this thinking and misogynies. However, It couldn't be denied that it is still existing and an issue that should be payed more attention to. Even in literature, a lot of texts depicted how women are viewed and treated differently and the Theogony isn't really very different from them.

 

The theogony, although depicted strong female gods, still told stories on how these very same powerful and capable women were oppressed by male entities for power. Take Gaia whose mate; Ouranos did things that are against her will. And Metis, who was swallowed by Zeus to attain her power. 

 

Also, the theogony depicted how women were viewed by male entities; sexual objects. They are viewed to be someone to help men reproduce. These things aren't the only circumstances that the view of women are depicted in Hesiod's Theogony. With this, we could infer that even in Literature, women are often depicted as the oppressed and although painful to admit, there are still existing differences on how women are viewed and treated even in today's time and hopefully, through raising awareness and continuous fight for equality, this could be abolished