#but that doesnt meant the women arent full characters or are perfectly happy with that

[redeemed-wren]

"A cruel folk you are, unmatched for jealousy, you gods who cannot bear to let a goddess sleep with a man, even if it is done without concealment and she has chosen him as her lawful consort. You were the same when Rose-fingered Dawn fell in love with Orion. Easy livers yourselves, you were outraged at her conduct and in the end chaste Artemis rose from her golden throne, attacked him in Ortygia with her gentle darts and left him dead. And so again, when the lovely Demeter gave way to her passion and lay in the arms of her beloved Iasion in the thrice-plowed fallow field, Zeus heard of it quickly enough and struck him dead with his blinding thunderbolt. And now it is my turn to incur that same divine displeasure for living with a mortal man--a man whom I rescued from death... I welcomed him with open arms; I tended him; I even hoped to give him immortality and ageless youth. But now, goodbye to him, since no god can evade or thwart the will of Zeus."

Calypso said let women sexually assault people as well 😔*

The Odyssey, E. R. Rieu translation. Book V Calypso

*disclaimer, I actually love her calling out the gods hypocrisy and double standards and I find it a facinating speech to be included in the Odyssey and I would LOVE to know the political landscape at the time of Homer's writing to know the context of this and how it would have been received. There's definitely evidence in the text that shows the tension of extra-marital affairs and that they weren't as simple as 'men can do what they want cos women don't matter.' I.e. Laertes not sleeping with Eurycleia out of respect for his wife vs Menelaus having a son with a slave girl because Helen couldn't have more children.