How Did Athenians Traditionally Justify Restricting Women's Freedom of Movement

question 50

Multiple Choice

How did Athenians traditionally justify restricting women's freedom of movement?

• A) They claimed that women needed to remain confined in order to control their sexual impulses.
• B) They insisted that women needed to be protected from seducers and rapists.
• C) They claimed that greater mobility would prevent women from carrying out religious rites in the temples.
• D) They believed that women would seek to leave Athens for Sparta, where women enjoyed greater freedoms.

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