Gender roles have played an essential part in the building and success of our city states starting from the Neolithic Revolution. When the first signs of civilization started occurring in 6000 BCE gender roles applied to the humans of that time period. Women were expected to take care of the children, while men could go hunt for food. This created the basis of a history where gender roles would come to affect the lives of everyone. When City-states such as Sparta began to create armies and jobs, women and men were separated and utilized for different factors in having a successful society. Soon after, during 900 BC, Lycurgus, a powerful lawgiver began controlling the residents of Sparta and separating genders for different uses. Gender roles in the Ancient Greek city state of Sparta affected the lives of all it’s citizens. Females in Sparta were objectified in order to better the army and the future race. Under the leadership of Lycurgus, females were forced to learn how to fight with the mindset that it would make the terror of labor more doable. Lycurgus ordered the female of Sparta to wrestle, run, throw, and cast darts during the day to ensure that the male babies they gave …show more content…
The children that made it through the system were put into a training program at the age of seven and watched upon until they decided who proved the strongest. The strongest of the group was then made captain and was allowed to punish the others and order them around. The children grew up to be perfect for the army having spent their whole childhood training for it. Lycurgus would not stop at anything to strengthen the livelihood of his city state, even if it meant choosing between which child would live and who would