In your readings for this unit (The Red Tent and various primary sources) and in lecture we have been exploring patriarchal cultures in Antiquity. Many of these cultures practiced female seclusion and/or veiling, prized female virgnity, and generally subordinated women economically, socially, and legally. Within many patriarchal cultures there exists a female social world that is almost entirely separate from that of men. Some historians argue that this sort of separate society enables women to carve out an autonomous female space that empowers women and gives them a significant degree of control over many aspects of their lives. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer using evidence (quotes/paraphrases/encapsulations) from the readings and lecture. Your essays should be word processed (.doc, .docx, .rtf, etc.) and be anywhere from 600-800 words in length