WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike other city-states from Ancient Greece, in Sparta, women were not mainly responsible for domestic duties such as cooking, producing clothes, and housekeeping. Instead, these tasks were carried out by the serfs, the Helots. This explains in part why Spartan women had the time to enjoy more freedoms.

Detailed explanation-2: -As adults, Spartan women were allowed to own and manage property. Additionally, they were typically unencumbered by domestic responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning and making clothing, tasks which were handled by the Helots.

Detailed explanation-3: -Life was different for the women of the city-state of Sparta. In Sparta, women were respected as the “mother’s of warriors.” Although they were not considered equal with men, they had more rights and freedom than the women of Athens.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bearing and raising children was considered the most important role for women in Spartan society; equal to male warriors in the Spartan army. Spartan women were encouraged to produce many children, preferably male, to increase Sparta’s military population. They took pride in having borne and raised brave warriors.

Detailed explanation-5: -They were trained warriors and would attend military school outside the home. However, even in Sparta, women still had to obey their husband or father. Even in Ancient Greece, some people didn’t like the way women were treated. Stoic philosophers argued that women and men should be treated equally.