The truth is that there have been few matriarchal societies and the physical strength of the male gender has been imposed through the centuries. And Ancient Greece was no exception because there women did not have a very important role and their rights were very limited. What was the life of an Athenian woman like, for example?
If the woman belonged to the wealthy class was controlled first by her father and her male brothers and then, if she married, by her husband. Her husband came to control her properties, if he had inherited any, and she automatically lost the power over it. I couldn't go out alone to walk around town without a just reason because every respectable woman did not make herself seen in public. The life of women was indoors.
The women of Ancient Greece they hardly had any political rights but what they lacked outside doors they had inside doors. As men spent it far away, in the fields or in battles or in political life, women they were the mistresses and ladies of the home and they controlled daily life. If she couldn't afford it, she would make the clothes and raise the children. But his life was much more comfortable and that work was done by slaves.
Anyway women they learned to read and write at home, always talking about families with money, and also household chores like cook, clean, spin, etc. They married very young, between twelve and 16, unlike men whose age of marriage was between 25 and 30 years. Y weddings were held in winterespecially in January, the month Hera honored.
Was there a divorce? If female adultery was discovered, the husband could despise her and throw her out, but if he agreed to continue living with her, he was considered divorced. And ready.