Plato Vs Aristotle Women

Plato and Aristotle both have something to say about women in their cultures. They do differ in various ways, with Aristotle having less to say about women and with Plato having much more to say. Both have much the same thoughts on the subject, however they both differ in a couple of thoughts. This subject was seen in much of Greece, with the exception of one place, Sparta. Women were treated better there in some ways. To Aristotle, a woman could never be as brave or strong as a man, as he tells us “For a man would seem a coward if he had the courage of a woman, and a woman would seem garrulous if she had the temperance of a man…” To Aristotle, a woman must remain quiet and in her own realm to be a good woman. She must not bother the man in his own sphere, and if she does she could come off as talkative and annoying to her husband and other men nearby. This is how much of Greece seemed to feel, with perhaps the exception of Sparta, which let women work out with the men in the Polis. These women were seen in …show more content…
While he thinks men are superior, he also tells us that the male is educated in the constitution and “both women and children must be educated with an eye to the constitution, if indeed it makes any difference to the virtue of a city-state that its children be virtuous, and its women too.” A woman and her children all need to be taught how best to serve the constitution of their polis, be it Athens or another place. This is all taught to them by the man, or father of the family. This features the issue of women being inferior to men, including fathers, sons and husbands. Plato will also speak of women in his own way in