women had to be controlled and kept from.... : Quote by Thomas Van Nortwick

“ women had to be controlled and kept from going wild because of their inherent susceptibility to lust; thus men had to exercise aidos, “shame,” and sophrosyne, “soundness of mind,” to keep women from transgressing the bounds of propriety. ”

Thomas Van Nortwick
  • From : Imagining Men: Ideals of Masculinity in Ancient Greek Culture
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