Roman Woman

          It always amazes me how cyclical human behavior can be. We think ourselves advanced in thought, morality, and reasoning, but when reading passages such as these I am reminded of our foolery. When reading the arguments against women in Livy's article of Rome I repeatedly thought of our own women;s right movement and the arguments that were made at the time. Though they were less extreme, the principle idea behind women were the same, they were emotional and did not have the self control of men. Therefore, they should be stripped of power and treated as property. Why we continue to rotate back to these ideas is beyond me.
              I also find it interesting that the women of Rome and the women here in America used the exact same protesting method to change the ideas of men. Physically putting themselves in the street and yelling out their rights. Men are visual creatures and often don't listen until you get right up into their face and force them to realize your point of view. This is a sad flaw for my kind. Yet, it proved to be effective and the laws were overturned as reason set into their hearts and saw the foolishness of their ways.