The Paleolithic age was a period of gathering and hunting, and although both men and women were responsible for finding food. Women bored, and raised children therefore their primary duty was to stay close to the camps and be care givers to their families. Before the 21st century women waits for the approval of their husband before they could do anything. A women role, as it pertains to development was to support their husband in every decision he makes whether she likes it or not, as it was the right thing to do. Western civilization’s role in women’s evolution must be remembered in our history for the reason that women have come a long way despite some setbacks.
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Women have come a long way from the time of men dominance in the political arena. In ancient Greeks, women were not allowed to participate in any part of the public life, but they were allowed to participate in most religious cult. In classical Athens a woman’s place was in the home according to the book. In Spartan households, women care for the families because their husbands were gone so much, yet they still could not make any major decisions even when their husbands were away. In politics today women are heads of state, and they are also involved in the process of law making. Women like Angela Markel, who has been German chancellor since 2005 shows how far women have come. In The United States women like Hillary Clinton has defied odds by running for president of the country. Since the conception of the senate, and the house of representative women role in each governing body has increased dramatically. Compare to the early and late Middle Ages when a woman sole purpose was to get married early, and become a full time house wife, it is good to say the progress has been remarkable. In Canada, the new Canadian prime minister’s cabinet has fifty percent of women. In the days of the Barons, such things would have been a taboo. The Hellenistic society had a perceptible feature, and that was the opportunity it created for women, or at least the upper class women. There was freedom of movement for women from …show more content…
Every parent, especially affluent parents wants their children to be ahead in everything so that they can be ahead of their peers. Greek civilization is worthy to emulate because of how refined they were when it comes to education. I was also quite impressed with philosophers like Socrates who invented the Socrates-method, a method that is still much known today. Also, Pluto who is regarded as the greatest philosopher of western civilization wrote a lot. He wrote about the reality. And finally a philosopher like Aristotle is still one of the greatest of philosophers of all times. He tutored Alexandria the great, and wrote on ethics, logic, politics, geology, biology and also physics. Everything he did is still been studied today. The likes of the above philosophers that I mention is very rare to come by today, and that makes them very interesting individuals. Classical Greek and the impact they left on the western world is very inspiring. The Supreme Court building in Washington DC is modeled after the pantheon a historic Greek