W O M A N S P A C E
The assignment of men to the public realm, and women to the private one
can be traced back to the Athenian polis,
where the private sphere was deemed inferior to the
public one (Peterson,
p. 35).
While the domestic space of women is still devalued,
the physical space of women's bodies has
also been open to rape and assault.
The time of women, and hence "women's work" has
also been considered
unimportant.
