Mirror Opposites

All of the characters in Lysistrata seem to fit into very simple categories. There are men and women and Athenians and Spartans, and everyone is pretty much similar within the categories. What's more, there are drastic differences between the groups, to help distinguish them. The Spartans all talk like "country bumpkins" and the Athenians talk with more intelligent diction. The men are obviously physically similar, but they also value strength and power. Even the words that men and women say to each other demonstrate the opposing characteristics of the two groups. For example, Lysistrata explains the women's willingness to help the men get out of the war and says "We deem it a duty. For friendship's sake." The Commissioner replies, "Well, forsake this, friend: I DO NOT WANT TO BE SAVED, DAMMIT!" The two sexes seem unable to agree on anything because they are so completely opposite.