Men must represent both man and woman in the social domain and are the “breadwinners” and women must be the housewives. This difference in roles is particularly present in Thucydides' text. He asserts that citizenship in Athens was closely linked to the honor of battle and the political sphere. Citizens were expected to be active in the social and political sphere and to die with honor in combat. Because women could not defend and represent themselves, they could not obtain citizenship, and it is precisely because they did not have citizenship that they could not represent themselves. This allowed men to look down on women because they could not perform the civic duty that they were not even allowed to perform. So there was this confusing cycle that women were trapped in. Christine de Pizan, however, contests this idea according to which women do not have a say in the social sphere. She does this personally in her life when she manages her own land and writes her own books. Again, her case is extremely rare given this influence and background, as a noble's wife allowed it. Her education was also a great asset, and under normal circumstances, if she had been a woman without social status, this would not have been possible. Pizan also questions the cultural role put in place; on the one hand she is still a mother who takes care of her children, but on the other hand she is also the “breadwinner” of the house. It is precisely because she is able to do these two things that she is able to emphasize the equality of both sexes in both spheres of life.