Ch 7 Blogpost #7

Of the 3 possible roads, the road I would most want to travel if I was a woman would be the Silk Road. The Sea Road is automatically knocked out of the competition because being a woman (even a Captain) on a ship full of men is not a good idea. Sea voyages were very long, and it's quite possible for unwanted advances to occur. That leaves the Silk Road and the Sand Road as the remaining two possibilities. It's mentioned in the text that women are mostly valued for their reproduction capabilities the most for the Sand Road... This sounds much like the Sea Road already. Regardless of gender, the sand road has us traveling across the Sahara desert. Natural hazards such as dehydration, snakes, scorpions, etc, already make this road seem more unappealing. The Silk Road seems to be the most appealing due to the need for women in the work force, and the amount of goods specifically targeted at women, for example silk dresses and cotton textiles. Buddhism was also a popular religion among the cities along the Silk Road, and Buddhism is one of the more gender equal religions. These few positives stacked against the numerous negatives of the other two roads put the Silk Road way ahead.