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Women in ancient societies.
Title: Women in ancient societies.
Category: Social Sciences / Sociology
Details: Words: 2184 | Pages: 9.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Women in ancient societies.
WOMEN IN ANCIENT SOCIETIES
Research has substantiated the belief that, in the ancient world, Western women had far more opportunities and power with lesser restrictions than Eastern women. Undoubtedly there were a number of very strong willed women who disregarded custom and ruled their families with the sheer force of their personalities, but they were the exception. Cleopatra, one of the most famous women of all time, tried to find a balance between independence and co-operation with Rome. E.M. Forster states that, "It is …showed first 85 words of 2184 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 2184 total…her time she should not be described as unique because there are other like-minded women who through fair means, or foul, attempted to achieve goals and status that were not the norm in their particular society. Women such as Cleopatra, Boudicca and Lü were all powerful in their own right but their degree of power and the purpose for which they used their power differ because of the extent to which their society enforced certain customs, laws and traditions along with their attitude towards women.
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