Women held various roles including wife, mother, peasant, warrior, artisan, and nun. Christianity influenced women's roles through monasticism and religious authority. Women managed household tasks and sometimes owned land
Housewife manages family home, including childcare and household tasks. Traditional roles were common in hunter-gatherer societies for food gathering. Women traditionally worked alongside men in farming and household tasks
Females have reproductive organs including ovaries, uterus, and vagina. Females have higher levels of estrogen and progesterone. Biological sex is determined by genitalia at birth
Romans viewed humanity as created from earth and water, not specifically male. Sabine women's intervention in Rape of Sabine women story shows women's role in family
Women had limited rights compared to male citizens. Only Athens provides detailed information about women's status. Spartan women had different rights including land ownership and wine drinking