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• Textkepercayaanorang asli...1 more

  My mother is a very strong woman. She...

  "My mother is a very strong woman. She was a midwife who learned her skills from her mother. In the past, most villages had several midwives. Midwives are very respected community members. They must be strong and not be afraid of blood, a powerful, hence scary element. Blood is such a powerful object that my grandfather, who shamans because they have a direct and immediate path through their blood to speak with the spirits. Such a path is not available to men."
• Texthealthorang asli...1 more

  The earliest reports on the health...

  "The earliest reports on the health of Orang Asli women appeared after 1945. By the 1960s maternal health care was a thriving part of the Gombak Hospital scene and problems such as maternal anemia, undernutrition, and associated perinatal death were obvious. By the 1990s critical problems in Orang Asli women's health had been well documented. Apparently few of these problems have been effectively addressed by the health-care system, according to many reports."
• Texteconomyorang asli...1 more

  The women, by contrast, did...

  "The women, by contrast, did not own a single piece of audio equipment. If their personal belongings had increased, it was because their husbands had chosen to given them things. With few exceptions, the women had stopped producing the smaller cane for sale, saying that it was not worth it."
• TextcinaMalay...2 more

  Some women had ne never ventured outside...

  "Some women had ne never ventured outside the forest and refused to do so on the grounds that Malay and Chinese men would try to attack or harrass them. When the occasional Malay or Chinese (always men) entered the forest, all the people of a settlement fled in panic at their approach. If taken unawares by intruders, the women immediately pull up their sarongs to cover their breasts. They know that naked breasts are regarded as unacceptable by Malays and Chinese, and they believe that the sight of them is likely to provoke the men to attack."
• Textgaya hiduporang asli...1 more

  Marriage is primarily regarded as a cooperative...

  "Marriage is primarily regarded as a cooperative union in which the couple form a self-sufficient economic unit. together they can accomplish all the tasks necessary for survival: clearing and planting new fields, hunting, fishing, gathering, house-building, cooking and child rearing. Even when more than one couple lives in a settlement-and this is the usual case-each married couple performs these tasks separately, rather than forming work groups based on gender. Some jobs tend to be regarded as predominantly female or male tasks, but there is nothing that structurally prevents overlap. Hunting is the main male domain and food preparation and child-rearing the female one."
• Textorang asliwomen

  Orang Asli women did become...

  "Orang Asli women did become known to some Europeans as hard workers. For example, it was reported that on a journey they carried children, household necessities, and perhaps even some chickens or a puppy. Some English expedition men were impressed that young Orang Asli women "tenderly" carried the family dogs on their treks. Skeat wrote that then men do the necessary brute-force work and the women "do all the rest.""
• Textorang asliwomen

  Perhaps, it is an apt to conclude this report with the message of a song about a Semai...

  "Perhaps, it is an apt to conclude this report with the message of a song about a Semai woman called Wak Bong. While the lyrics are recent, the melody and the musical accompaniment are traditional - precisely the marriage between the traditional and the modern that the preceding call refers to. Composed by Tijah, the lyrics speak to a sleepy, depressed Wak Bong, asking her to,
  
  Wake up, Wak Bong.
  Don't sleep any longer.
  The sun has already risen.
  Be brave and face the day.
  Wake up."
• Textorang aslisocialization...1 more

  We also realised that Semai women today seem...

  "We also realised that Semai women today seem to be under the men's power and control. The men themselves have assumed that they possess this authority over the women. They see their responsibility to the family in merely making sure that they get enough money for their wives and children. For this reason, some men feel that there is no need for women to attend meetings, since the men of the household will be there."
• orang aslisocialization...1 more

  Thus, one of the saddest outcome...

  "Thus, one of the saddest outcome of this imposition by, and then absorption of, the dominant culture is that Orang Asli women take on a more secondary role in both the Orang Asli community and the wider society at large. Their involvement in the social and political domain becomes increasingly limited and restricted."
• Textethnomedicineprevention...1 more

  Home care and prevention

  Focuses on the practices and conceptions of prevention in home care that were prevalent among Quebec families during the first half of 20th century.