Renee's Opinion On Why Athenian Democracy Wasn't Fair

I think that Athenian democracy wasn't fair because only very few people could vote for very specific reasons. Only men who were over the age of 20, born in Athens, and whose parents were born in Athens, and whose parents were born in Athens could vote and be part of democracy. It was not fair that women, slaves and people men that weren’t born in Athens could not be part of democracy and vote. I don’t think that woman were treated very fairly because they couldn’t be seen and they weren’t treated as a person. Going back to the people that weren’t allowed to vote or be part of democracy it also wasn’t fair that they weren’t considered a citizen. I think that everyone that lives in one place should be considered a citizen because they live there and that is their community. I think that democracy in Athens wasn’t very fair and I think that they should have included more people in democracy and treated everyone with the same respect.