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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Definitions:

Eardrum

The taut membrane that transmits the vibrations caused by sound waves from the auditory canal to the ossicles in the middle ear.

Neural Activity

The electrical and chemical processes occurring within neurons that enable brain function, including thought, sensation, and movement.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped cavity in the inner ear that contains the organ of Corti, responsible for converting sound vibrations into nerve impulses.

Auditory Ossicles

The three bones of the middle ear that transmit the vibrations of the eardrum to the oval window.