Roman women would look after their children and their education, prepare food for their husbands and other members of the household, and indulge in sewing and the spinning of wool.
Greek roman wemon usually tended to the children whilst sparten wemon trained as hard as they could since they beleived that the stronger woman´s body would be, the stronger the child would be.
Romeo says this while talking to Benvolio (who's crying). Romeo is sad and Benvolio is being sad too because Romeo is. Romeo is explaining to him what love is to him and why its making him sad.