That is until you break a bone and learn that there are no pain killers.
The ancient Greeks used electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ray
Not the most effective, but hey, better then opioid addiction
But they literally did have, well, not opioids, but opium.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
Evidence from ancient Greece indicates that opium was consumed in several ways, including inhalation of vapors, suppositories, medical poultices, and as a combination with hemlock for suicide.
So no problem with pain medication, actually. @Etterra@lemmy.world
As long as you weren’t born a slave i guess.
I’m interested in learning the context here.
Because modernity also hates women and I guess I’m ignorant but… weren’t there options for women then…? Like midwife/doula-type things, herbalist/witch, spinster/seamstress-clothier?
Potentially more than they could have in modern history?
Modern media heavily whitewashes ancient Greece. Women were property, they held virtually no political rights of any kind.
Roman women were marginally better off, but by modern standards they were still in the dumpster.
Ancient Greece was also heavily into boy rape. It was really, really bad.
Counterpoint: Antibiotics yayyy
She be begging donkey dick for bread by the end of the week