The+role+of+women

livi yeatman references: http://www.factsmonk.com/role_of_women_in_ancient_greece http://historylink102.com/greece3/women.htm http://ezinearticles.com/?Women-of-Ancient-Greece&id=316817 The role of women in ancient Greece was far less important than the role woman play here, and today. Decisions made in ancient Greece were made by men and men only. Men controlled what rules woman had to follow, how to they were expected to act, and they did all of the necessary work as well. Woman were not expected or allowed to work for themselves if they were from a family of any wealth, they were only to take care of their families and home. Women also did not choose who they wanted to be with. They were married off at very young ages to men much older than them. In society’s opinion, the sole purpose of a woman was to give birth and nothing more. However, woman of Sparta were treated the same as men. Also, they were expected to do the same work and act the same. Whether this was a good thing compared to the way most women were treated, that is a matter of opinion. Today, women are treated somewhere in between the two; they are able to work for themselves but not treated just the same as men, they are treated like a lady rather than one of them men. The wives in ancient Greece were expected to supervise the slaves and take care of household responsibilities such as weaving and cooking. As far as education went, boys had the privilege of being taught in school while girls were taught at home. Although it was not common, women in ancient Greece had become famous due to the level of education they received by either their father or brother or some other sort of male family member. As you can see, women were not treated equally to men in ancient Greece and were not viewed on the same level as a man due to the fact that they were a different gender.