
Aristophanes' Assemblywomen | The New Thinkery Ep. 59
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The Difference Between Men and Women
Men and women pray to different gods, is the only big difference between them that's explicitly referred to in aristophanes' play. Women have no interest in self-rule or any kind of glory because they were confined in their individual households where they had a role of making everybody happy. Maristo: The scene with the two old men dragging a young woman would be more a scene that would inspire indignation rather than laughter.
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