WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Staying at Home Women were expected to stay at home and manage the household. In the city-state of Athens, men sometimes wouldn’t allow their wives to leave the home. They were basically prisoners in their own homes. Women managed the household slaves and even lived in a separate part of the house.

Detailed explanation-2: -Legally, women’s rights were limited. They were barred from political participation, and Athenian women were not permitted to represent themselves in law, though it seems that metic women could. (A metic was a resident alien-free, but without the rights and privileges of citizenship).

Detailed explanation-3: -The gynaikon was where mothers nursed their children and engaged in spinning thread and weaving (31.11. 10). In addition to childbearing, the weaving of fabric and managing the household were the principal responsibilities of a Greek woman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Upper-class Athenian women generally enjoyed few freedoms, and spent a lot of time indoors wool-working or weaving, though they were allowed to visit the homes of female friends and take part in some public religious ceremonies and festivals. Contact with male non-relatives was discouraged.