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Socrates
Or again, could a woman agree with a man about soldiering, when she has not learnt it?Alcibiades
Oh, no.Socrates
Because, I expect you will say again, that is a man's affair.Alcibiades
I would.Socrates
Then, by your account, there are some pursuits belonging to women, and some to men?Alcibiades
Of course.Socrates
So in these, at any rate, there is no agreement between men and women.Alcibiades
No.Socrates
And hence no friendship either, if, as we said, friendship is agreement.Alcibiades
Apparently not.Socrates
So women are not loved by men, in so far as they do their own work.
Or again, could a woman agree with a man about soldiering, when she has not learnt it?Alcibiades
Oh, no.Socrates
Because, I expect you will say again, that is a man's affair.Alcibiades
I would.Socrates
Then, by your account, there are some pursuits belonging to women, and some to men?Alcibiades
Of course.Socrates
So in these, at any rate, there is no agreement between men and women.Alcibiades
No.Socrates
And hence no friendship either, if, as we said, friendship is agreement.Alcibiades
Apparently not.Socrates
So women are not loved by men, in so far as they do their own work.