I don't think that young boys ever held the same status as women. I could be wrong though.
I seem to recall though that Arthur Evans wrote about a class of women in Athenian society who never took husbands and were allowed to act almost like men (except in the legal and political spheres).
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Date: 2005-04-27 05:15 pm (UTC)I seem to recall though that Arthur Evans wrote about a class of women in Athenian society who never took husbands and were allowed to act almost like men (except in the legal and political spheres).