colonial societies

Women in the three colonies mentioned in tonights reading were very restricted in their societies. The three colonies that arose from the Columbian exchange were the British colonies, Spanish colonies and the colonies in Brazil. These colonies each had heir own differences and similarities between each other in relation to their women rights. The Spanish colonies intrigued me during the reading. In the Spanish colonies, the women shared the racial privileges as their husbands did, but they were  said to be weak, and needing male help and strength. They were also viewed as links to male wealth, honor and status to their future generations. The males in this society thought there to be very few women fit to be theirs in regard to sexuality.  This led to the beginning of a  mestizo, or mixed-race, population. This was the beginning of unions between Spanish men and Indian women. This society was very interesting in my opinion.