User:Mramiramos02/Gender roles in Mesoamerica

Midwives
In regards to specific Mesoamerican midwives, Aztec midwives were known as the tlamatlquicitl. These midwives provided unique ways of giving birth which involved medical assistance, analgesics or pain relief medications, and religious rituals. For pregnant Aztec women, their part of the pregnancy included some kind of ritual and was also defined by the hygiene they had. Most midwives, including Mayan ones, were actually all similar when it came to focusing on childbirth.

Men in Mesoamerica
The obvious depiction of men in earlier years all over the world is that they manage everything within a civilization other than being the domestic ones. Similar to that said representation, they are in charge of fighting, hunting, and managing councils of their civilization. It depended on their hierarchy that these men were in established social positions. They had specific jobs within that hierarchy. From being commoners to farmers to government officials, their status' gave them access to certain resources. For example, middle-class Aztec men were mostly farmers who essentially provided all crops such as maize and beans. The artisans in the empire were admired quite often by others. When at the bottom of the hierarchy, a commoner, working on building temples and structures was often given to them.