Examples of how men overpower women are that only men can own property, women have to stay indoors at all times, and the wives arrange their lives around the husbands (Lybeck). Isochomachos stated “know well, my wife still arranges her life as I taught her then and as I tell you now” (Xenophon 88). Isochomachos taught his wife these ways because they were sociably accepted in Greek culture. Respectable women were secluded, and they were not allowed out in public (Maynes and Waltner 43). This shows that the women of Athens arrange their thoughts and actions based on their husband’s thoughts and actions. This quote also shows that in their society it is assumed that women have less power than
Examples of how men overpower women are that only men can own property, women have to stay indoors at all times, and the wives arrange their lives around the husbands (Lybeck). Isochomachos stated “know well, my wife still arranges her life as I taught her then and as I tell you now” (Xenophon 88). Isochomachos taught his wife these ways because they were sociably accepted in Greek culture. Respectable women were secluded, and they were not allowed out in public (Maynes and Waltner 43). This shows that the women of Athens arrange their thoughts and actions based on their husband’s thoughts and actions. This quote also shows that in their society it is assumed that women have less power than