Teaching Gender in Social Work - MailChimp

• Can they share stories from their ancestors about hair
• Do they think that hair has any kind of impact on their social
position, their choices and opportunities, are there any constraints
attached to the hair image.
2. Use national historical, anthropological and ethnographical sources to
explore what were the rituals and ceremonies that affected women in such
way to discipline and subordinate them to the social order. Than choose
some cases of violence against women that have recently been reported in
the media. Discuss in class whether those events can be interpreted with
the use of past rituals and ceremonies.
Women as a Useful and Profitable Object of Trafficking
Slovenian women have been subjected to trafficking throughout history. Until
the twelfth century, a special trade in slaves thrived in the Slovenian territory.
In connection with this trade, Slovenes were often mentioned as buyers, intermediaries
or slaves. Data dating back to the third century exists about slaves
from the area surrounding Ig. In the ninth century, the main goods that were
traded were wax, salt, horses, foodstuffs and slaves. Bavarians and Slovenians
enjoyed a significant advantage in trading along the Danube River, as they
were exempted from customs and ferry duties. In Venice, the trade in slaves
prospered as late as the fourteenth century, with the objects of trade being
Croats and Slovenes, who had either been carried off by the Venetian pirates
or bought from other sources. There were relatively more women among them
than men. It was the German emperor Ludwig the Pious who decreed that
Slovenian slaves were exempt from customs duties. As regards the trading
articles intended for export from Slovenia, Slovenian girls are mentioned most
often, as they were considered to be hard-working. It was easier for men to
avoid slavery, as they were able to go “to the army as hired men, to provide
carrying and freight-forwarding services or they could join various groups of
outlaws, whilst women were destined to suffering as slaves”. 16
Bride buying was one of the Slavic rites. Reports about trafficking in
young women suitable for marriage can be found up to the beginning of the
16
Lenard, 1922:34.
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