absolutely not. women were mere property and free or noble men spent their days politicking, on campaign, or learning and building friendships at all-male seminaries and colleges. military and civil service were all-male institutions. while women occupied an important place in the home, that's the last place any enterprising man wanted to spend his time. the greeks and romans viewed women as inferior creatures. nowadays men are homebodies who have to attend to their wives constantly lest they divorce rape them.  well, i guess this is because we are in the modern peasant class and not truly "free" in this society and are descended from peasants, too. it's sad because we could become like the nobility yet choose not to.
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