Under Brehon Law, which was written down in early Medieval Ireland after conversion to Christianity, a woman had the right to divorce her husband and gain his property if he was unable to perform his marital duties due to impotence, obesity, homosexual inclination or preference for other women.
Spolno svobodo žensk v Veliki Britaniji opisuje Kasij Dio:Poznani so primeri, da so ženske sodelovale tako v vojskovanju kot v vladanju, čeprav so bile na teh področjih v manjšini.