Aye, from Plutarch's Sayings of Spartan women, Gorgo is quoted as saying
"Because we are the only women that are mothers of men."
in response to a foreign woman asking
"Why is it that you Spartan women are the only women that lord over your men?"
Sparta had an almost matriarchal undertone and...
That whole statement just seems a bit wrong... Going far back into European history (since when speaking of gender roles, everyone really just considers the west), you can see that in ancient Athens for example, the "standard" woman was unable to vote and was taught more of dance and song...
Oho, remember one from when I was fairly young. At that stage, for whatever reason, most if not all of my dreams were morbid and usually ended in death, not this one though.
So I was just randomly walking down the street, all chill, and then out of nowhere I start feeling quite weird, just...