Hierarchy

Politics and religion are two of the most contentious subjects to approach with others. There is so much dogma involved it becomes tiresome reasoning with people. Having dogma toward religion doesn't make much sense since most of it is speculative anyways. So arguing speculations is best confined to those who share the same beliefs. But politics can be different. Everyone observes behaviors and hierarchies from the time they deal with siblings all the way to national politics. Some behaviors are detrimental and others are advantageous. This study can actually be fun absent the dogma. What I mean by dogma is hard headed opinions that lack objectivity. So let's toss a few opinions of this Greek philosopher around!

One thing to keep in mind is the cultural differences. Slavery was an acceptable practice to the Greeks. Although some in our culture feel guilty about the industrial age, we have given our menial labor to electrons and motors. This has caused a great advance in civilization. One of the purposes of being civilized is to make everyone's lives easier. A Greek woman was considered to be in charge of the household and its slaves. We have appliances today. I think you will be surprised at how struggles and attitudes haven't changed much over the millennium.

We start out observing that hierarchies exist that vary with how many people a person has authority over. Siblings protect each other; a boss is important career-wise; and a statesmen looks after the good of an entire state. A king or dictator rules with his own interest while a statesman represents the people. But this structure is too simplistic to apply to every particular situation and so we should break each area down and look at their components to know what we have to work with.

The furthest we can break down dependencies is that between a man and a woman. In order to continue with our species, we like anything else have to reproduce. With humans, one has to provide shelter and protect while the other puts their bodies to use in nurturing.  This creates a hierarchy with the man making decisions due to his part and a woman submitting so she can do hers. Whatever name we use, be it master and slave or other terms, they both have the same interest of raising a family. This follows the basic hierarchy we have within ourselves. Our minds rule over our bodies. But a woman shouldn't be treated like a tool and a slave, so the more a society is civilized, they can pursue their own interests. In barbaric or tribal societies, women become more like slaves since everything they do is out of necessity.