Spartan Life

I found it interesting how the spartan govt. worked. The women didnt have the opportunity to be a citizen even though they seemed important in the spartan community. They were allowed education and they were allowed to mix with males when it came to activites but at the same time they could never be a citizen. Since the spartan men were considered a citizen at age 30 and then considered to be equal where did this put the women. They were obviously educated and also formed into troops at a young age, so it seems in growing up they had their own training in becoming a citizen but still did not have the right to be a citizen at the proper age. So with the majority of the population being helots and women its amazing that order was still kept within the Spartan population. Maybe being a citizen wasn't as a big a deal as having a productive govt.