Greco Roman gender roles

Greek and Roman art Gender Roles From examining artworks of the Greek and Romans, I was able to understand their gender roles and how they differ from my present day society. In Greek and Roman art only males were allowed to be nude while the females were full dressed. There was one exception; Aphrodite (goddess of love) was the only female that would be nude. All the males were usually nude and had the ideal …

…any women in magazines posing were they are not trying to look sexy and are not barely clothed. That would never happen in Greco-Roman periods because males controlled everything and did not give any females any respect. Males still control most thing but they now want to expose females sexy features and do everyday. Males are the same but now do not pose nude. They are the same body types and still are considered dominant.