Read the passage, then answer the question.
The argument is, that different natures have different uses, and the natures of men and women are said to differ. . . . We do not consider that the difference may be purely nominal and accidental; for example, a bald man and a hairy man are opposed in a single point of view, but you cannot infer that because a bald man is a cobbler a hairy man ought not to be a cobbler.
–The Republic,
Plato
Based on the passage, what is Plato’s point of view on men and women?
He believes that only men can be cobblers.
He believes that men and women should look alike.
He believes that men and women should be seen as equal.
He believes that men and women should be against one another.
The answer is C