SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Adrienne Rich, Laura Hamilton, Virginity
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Men"s friendship as the noble virtues of bravery and loyalty: greek and roman myths to. Women"s friendship was considered inferior and shallow in comparison. They were considered not good at forming deep bonds among themselves. Men before were the owners and subjects of inimacy. The inimacy among men (deep friendship) during the greek and roman imes. Friendship was celebrated as the highest expression of the noblest virtues bravery, loyalty, heroism, duty which only men were thought to possess. Women might gather to gossip and quilt, but their emoions were simply not as profound as those of men. Due to division of labour, it led to deeper and durable friendships among men. Huning and warfare, the domain of male acivity, required deep and enduring bonds among men for survival. Even today, women and men have diferent experiences and expectaions in friendships in love, and in sex.
