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What were the bad ways they treated women in Ancient Greek/Athens?

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What were the bad ways they treated women in Ancient Greek/Athens?

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Although the Greeks worshipped goddesses as well as gods Greek women were definitely treated as inferior to men. Women played no part in public life. They were not citizens and they could not vote. In ancient Greece a woman’s place was definitely in the home. In a wealthy family women were women were kept apart from men. They were usually confined to the back or upper part of the house to keep them ‘safe’ from men they were not related to. In a rich family the wife was expected to run the home and, sometimes, to manage the finances. However rich women would normally stay indoors and send slaves to do the shopping. Poor women, of course, had no choice. They might also have to help their husbands with farm work. Women, even rich ones, were expected to spin and weave cloth and make clothes. Women were ruled by men – by their father, husband or (if widowed) son. A woman’s role was to marry and bear sons (daughters were much less important). Girls married when they were about 15. Marriages

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