Hmm well lets see I have 3 sisters and my dad made sure all of them could change thier own tires and check fluids in the car as far as he was concerned if you drive a car you should know these things. My older sister and youngest one have no problem with this but my middle sister does because she says it is not a womanly thing to do.I was told by my old high school I could not take sewing because I was a male,funny when some of the best tailors and fashion designers are men.I don't know much about the AMAZONS but I do know some about Boudicca she was a Celt who tried to lead the rest of the Celtic tribes against the romans she was unsuccessful in defeating the romans for all the tribes fought seperately and would not listen to one central leader not because she was a woman but because it was the way they did things.I have read the Iliad but don't remember to much of it besides that the trojans were backed by ares the god of war and the Greeks were backed by Athena the goddess of wisdom. I also remember the Trojans did not listen to Helen when she told them to burn the wooden horse so they deserved to be defeated.CarolC is right thru out the ages men of status have done as much preening as the women of the time simply because their station allowed them to sort of like medevial GQ.I feel that no one should be kept from doing what they want simply because of thier sex I do however feel that there should not be double standards such as to be qaulified for the job a man has to do 100 pushups and a woman only 60 or so it should be the same for both.