I had read that Pythagoras gave women equality. — Athena
Apparently, in India they were (are?) drowned in milk. — Apollodorus
Awfully expensive way to drown someone. What's wrong with water? — bert1
In mythology much is credited to the female goddesses so what is with the patriarchy that suppressed women? The reality is a young male reality when war was very much the way of life and this dominated the West. — Athena
I am not sure nature programmed us for monogamy. — Athena
We are adamant that the parents are responsible for preparing children to be civil creatures and this should not be the responsibility of teachers. Personally, I think that is a terrible belief and that Plato is right about the state taking the responsibility for preparing the young for citizenship and that was the priority of education in the US until 1958. I have the old textbooks that show how this was done.In addition, Plato believed that the interests of the state are best preserved if children are raised and educated by the society as a whole, rather than by their biological parents. So he proposed a simple (if startlingly unfamiliar) scheme for the breeding, nurturing, and training of children in the guardian class. (Note that the same children who are not permitted to watch and listen to "dangerous" art are encouraged to witness first-hand the violence of war.) The presumed pleasures of family life, Plato held, are among the benefits that the higher classes of a society must be prepared to forego. — Garth Kemerling
I am very worried for society as mothers leave the home to be equal to males. — Athena
Would you happen to know if any of these women wrote about the importance of family and childcare and community? — Athena
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