Socrates says, "A woman and a man can have the same nature, then, relevant, to guarding the city - except to the extent that she is weaker and he is stronger." Plato, Republic, 456a).
In an attempt to unify the state, Plato instilled several policies increasing female participation. "If we employ women for the same tasks as men, they must also be taught the same things." (Plato, Republic, 451e) Plato introduced an educational system for women and men to take part in military and musical training, while interacting with each other in their practices. "As regards producing a woman who is equipped for guardianship, we won't have some sort of education that will produce our guardian men, will we, and another our women especially not when it will have the same nature to work on in both cases?" (Plato, Republic, 456c) Plato believes that this co-existence will produce the finest outcome possible due to the increased competition level and the desire to improve. .
Another Plato policy states that men and women who share the same profession must attempt to reproduce. Plato believes that the common occupation is evidence of their similar make-up. The common traits will transfer onto their children. These eventual children will engage in the same occupation as their parents and according to Plato succeed with superior abilities. "So there is also a woman who is suited to be a guardian, and one who is not.A woman and a man can have the same nature, then relevant to guarding the city - women of that sort, then must be selected to live and guard with men of the same sort, since they are competent to do so and are akin to the men by nature.And mustn't we assign the same pursuits to the same natures?" (Plato, Republic, 456a-b). Furthermore following childbirth these children will be taken from their mothers and raised by state-provided nurses, in order to give them the proper resources to one day succeed at their predetermined occupation.