Explaining that one: 1. Spartans were proud of their men. 2. Sparta despite being very extreme compared to other Greek cities in a lot of things, was an except

Explaining that one: 1. Spartans were proud of their men. 2. Sparta despite being very extreme compared to other Greek cities in a lot of things, was an exception regarding women role in politics, in the sense in Sparta was acceptable to hear women opinion (women still had no formal power, but they were allowed to talk to men about politics, while on Athens for example this was forbidden).