It was believed that women knew the female body best; therefore, providing care to the women was their primary role within medicine. This division in turn also led to women not concerning themselves with men's medical matters.[8] Additionally, it led to women not concerning themselves with men's medical matters. It's also important to understand that this conflict led to a sexual division of which individuals were allowed to treat others, and impacted the type of healthcare that women had received during this time period, but also, the type of health care that they were allowed to give.[8]