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Medicine was a battleground for the war between the sexes in the Greco-Roman world. Discuss. Most historians will agree that the ancient Greco-Roman world was one of patriarchy. The ideology that women were inherently inferior or, rather, the 'inherent superiority of the male' (Lloyd, 1983) was extremely pervasive. Lloyd argues that this was 'bitterly resented by many women' who did not (or could not) confront males much about their feelings, but I am of the opinion that we do not have enough direct evidence and access to these women to comment either way on confrontation. Of course, it is evident that the status of a woman was dependant on her husband, father or master: women were never full citizens of society in their own right, and had no political standing (although they might be seen as quasi-citizens if the male head was a significant figure of the community). Despite their non-status...

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