Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Late.

Women in greek myths are depicted as jealous, troublesome, problematic beings, but they are also depicted as beautiful and useful. Either way, women are not the most regarded thing in greek mythology, men on the other hand are the 'higher' being. Men are more important than women, they have more freedom and rights, they are godlier. If a women does something wrong, they are harder punished for it than if a man did the same thing, all because of gender. One of the reasons women are depicted in such a way, is because the people writing the myths were men and the era was a very man based society. Women were basically considered the mens toys.

1 comment:

  1. You're saying a lot here, but not giving me the "why" of this situation in Greek society. Explain what might have led to such a mindset.

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