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This was because of the 'patriachal society'. This meant men were seen as the superiors and women the wives and mothers.

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When could women start acting in Shakespearean time?

Women did not act in Shakesperean time. They could not. Rather, during the Elizabethan era, men acted the roles of women, often wearing dresses and/or wigs to impersonate females.


How were women's in old times treated like bitches?

Women were mistreated in former times in exactly the same way as they are now. Abusive people, both men and women, have not changed their tactics over the years. As for systematic misogyny, different cultures in different times and places have been more or less misogynistic. The culture of ancient Greece, in about 300 BC, was one of the cruellest towards women as a group, depriving them of any say in the affairs of their households and community, and ignoring anything they might say or do. And yet, it is reported that Socrates' wife Xanthippe bullied him, which goes to show that no matter what the culture, men sometimes dominate women and women sometimes dominate men.


What is the poem 'Portrait' by Judith Wright all about?

She is talking about women's rights in society and how they should be treated equally. It also talks about men and how they take women for granted; saying and doing how they please.


Why were women not used in Shakespeare's theatre?

Women were not used in his plays because in the times he was from it was a womans job to be a preformer so women were not allowed to act so he wrote his plays around that fact.


Were woman allowed to performe shakespeare play when he was live?

No, women's roles were played by young boys, although at times women would dress up as men to be allowed to play women's roles!

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