Throughout history, many different gender roles and their influences can be seen. However, the most discussed gender roles were those of the women. In Chapter 13, the different roles of men and women vary greatly between the different empires that were established. In the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, women were often viewed as week and in need of men for protection. Although they shared racial privileges with their husbands, they did not share political rights. Women were also frequently used as gifts and were viewed as property. A century after the Spanish settled in North America, the British asserted their presence and accepted the “unpromising leftovers” the the New World had to offer. Unlike the Old England that they were used to,