CLA219H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lysistrata, Fledge, Sex Segregation
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Lecture #6: daily life and legal status of women. Birth it was ok to commit infanticide, often done to sickly or mentally handicapped babies. death from giving birth was common, avg age 35 for women due to that. Exposure of female child: husband writes to wife to tell wife that if the baby comes out female, "expose" it. it was seen that females cost money, but male continues family lineage, wealth, etc. Aristotle in politeia thinks a law should be made to forbid bringing up disabled children childbirth age women high mortality (15-29) Growing up and womanhood less nourished than boys, and thus many die of malnutrition (different in sparta/egypt) learn domesticated skills usually (cooking, textile, etc) some educated to write for greece, though rarely. Roman society -> aristocratic girls educated in writing, philosophy, once you can menstruate, you can marry. Rome, minimum age of marriage was 12, but most married later than that.
