... the authority of women, and the jokes frequently made about them or their intellect have shown, that though domestic life was restricting, they did exert some power. Namely, in Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" the noticeable power of women is through utilising or withholding their biological abilities. With the exception of the mundane scope however the question must be asked, if women were of ... at home, while men have to go to war. What fools they are! I would much rather fight in the phalanx three times than give birth to a child only once." The character by the name of Medea's comment in...

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