A bimonthly history and politics podcast by two Cork women. A woman‘s place is based on the same model of therapy: investigate the issues that are bubbling up to the surface today and find out the root. Sometimes that can be hundreds of years!
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A bimonthly history and politics podcast by two Cork women. A woman‘s place is based on the same model of therapy: investigate the issues that are bubbling up to the surface today and find out the root. Sometimes that can be hundreds of years!
Ep 18: Married to God: Why Irish women chose The Convent
A Woman's Place Ireland
1 hour 8 minutes
4 years ago
Ep 18: Married to God: Why Irish women chose The Convent
In this latest episode of A Woman's Place we talk about WHY Irish women chose to 'go into the covent' and become nuns. What were the power dynamics of these structures, what were the conditions of their lives which influenced their decision.
We also touch on the notion of 'purity' and why Irish people's identity, especially womanhood, became intrinsically linked with cleanliness and containment.
Our isolationist past politically, is also related to the isolation of the female within the home and the isolation of ourselves as humans from emotion.
This is a great conversation for ideas with a sprinkle of history!
A Woman's Place Ireland
A bimonthly history and politics podcast by two Cork women. A woman‘s place is based on the same model of therapy: investigate the issues that are bubbling up to the surface today and find out the root. Sometimes that can be hundreds of years!
