Women in Rome

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As the millenniums pass and years go by, the world continues to evolve each day. Across the world, in every society, men and women have specific roles that they carry out. During ancient times, in most cultures, women were inferior to men. This is still true in many countries today. It has taken American women many centuries to have gained the rights and privileges they have today. Women have made many immense achievements, fought for their rights and stood up for what they believed in during the past century. It is very important to understand the role of women in history because they have played an imperative part of how each society functioned. In Classical Athens, women and men were citizens however men were superior to the women. Men, in the Ancient Greek times thought of themselves as balanced, rational and secure human beings. They viewed women as irrational, hysterical, and unstable. Even though women were inferior to men in Classical Athens, they played an essential role in the Athenians everyday life. In Athens, both women and men were citizens. However women did not have the same rights and privileges as the men did. Men went to school while the women had no formal education and stayed home until they were married. The teenage boys went to school until they were about nineteen, and the teenage girls were married around fourteen or fifteen years old. The boys were taught educational material while the young girls’ job was to help their mothers around the house. Th...

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