In the process of contrasting the different views and roles that marriage had on Athenian and Spartan women one always begins to discuss the economic opportunities that they had. As slightly touched on in the previous passage prostitution was a practice of work that women could get into. It was not considered to be illegal by Athenian government due to the profit it made and the very sexual image that women placed under made it a career choice in a society that didn't give many options for Athenian women. But it was not just simply a system of which a women was selling herself for sex as it was a very complex system and was deeply rooted into Athenian culture. As mention before in Athens, female prostitution was legal and the profits made
