Barbarian Women Vs Roman Women

The ways in which medieval women, such as Roman and barbarian women, used beauty products or the certain beauty rituals they had showed evidence as to how women were integrated into their prospective societies. The idea of beauty also varied from culture to culture. Romans felt that women should do everything in their power to look as close to perfect as they could. A barbarian woman on the other hand, did not have much emphasis on her outward appearance but instead focused on her contribution to her tribe. Roman authors such as Ovid, Seneca, and Juvenal had varying views on the subject of Roman women and their beauty products. Some of the authors felt that women should do as much as they can to appear perfect including standing or sitting a certain way to look more physically appealing while others felt they were consumed by their looks . Barbarian women on the other hand did not put much emphasis on their physical appearance and for this some authors such as Tacitus felt that barbarian women were more virtuous than Roman women . It can be inferred that based on the level of civilization a society has will determine how much pressure is put on a medieval woman to look a certain way and how wide the gender differentiation is in each society. Roman women had the more
He sees the creams and other products women used “as a defilement of their face”. While there can be an argument for this it can also be said that women in medieval Rome took pleasure in their appearance because that was one of the few methods they could express themselves. Roman women were not permitted to be in any form of government, trade, or even own their own land. They were always under the guardianship of either their father or their husband and the way in which women presented themselves gave some form of control over their