I found Plato's talk of gender and sexuality to be very interesting. In a time when women had no role in society, Plato stated that there was no reason that they couldn't do any job that a man can. As a result of this, Plato "was therefore prepared to admit women of appropriate talent to the ruling class" (81). It is interesting to me that Plato was willing to state this over 2000 years ago and yet women are just now appearing more in higher status jobs and government. This same idea is relevant in homosexuality. It is interesting that in that time homosexuality was so common and accepted that it is the main model for Plato's thoughts on love. However, now people are fighting for the right to be married. What happened in history that changed this attitude so much?