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The primary role of free women in classical Athens was to marry and bear children. [46] The emphasis on marriage as a way to perpetuate the family through childbearing had changed from archaic Athens, when (at least amongst the powerful) marriages were as much about making beneficial connections as they were about perpetuating the family. [51]
[16] [17] Additionally, it was illegal at the time, for citizens of Athens to marry non-Athens people. If caught, non-Athens women were oftentimes sold into slavery as punishment, and men were fined heavily. In more severe circumstances, disenfranchisement was another punishment. [18] Classical Athens idealized extreme female seclusion. [19]
Greece still has one of the highest gender pay gaps in Europe. Efharis Petridou was the first female lawyer in Greece; in 1925 she joined the Athens Bar Association. [22] [23] In 1955, women were first allowed to become judges in Greece. [22] According to data by UNICEF, 52% of the Greek population is made
However Xenophon reflects the Greek fear of these 'others', highlighting their irrationality, religious fervour and sexual passion. [9] Aristotle went further, stating that women were deformed, incomplete males, designed to be subservient to men. [10]
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Gender symbols on a public toilet in Switzerland. A gender symbol is a pictogram or glyph used to represent sex and gender, for example in biology and medicine, in genealogy, or in the sociological fields of gender politics, LGBT subculture and identity politics.
In 2014, the agender pride flag was created by Salem X to represent people who have an unidentifiable gender, are gender neutral, or have no gender. The black and white stripes represent an ...
Agnodice (Greek: Ἀγνοδίκη, pronounced [aŋnodíkɛː]; c. 4th century BCE) is a legendary figure said to be the first female midwife or physician in ancient Athens. Her story, originally told in the Fabulae (attributed to the Roman author Gaius Julius Hyginus ), has been used to illustrate issues surrounding women in medicine and ...