However, even though the husbands were bothered by this, she took extreme enjoyment that she had such power. The Wife almost seems to be evil with her actions, especially when she knows she is treating the husbands in such a manner. She uses her femininity and the fact that she is married to take her actions of sexual desire to extremes. The Wife believes that since she is married, she is allowed to pursue her desires with no shame. With the different personalities of the characters that tell their tale on the trip in The Canterbury Tales; the Wife of Bath has a particular nature of true femininity and power which seems to be only evident when she is married.
Do you agree that Shakespeare presents Beatrice and Katherina as “offending against society’s expectations about women”? The idea that both Beatrice and Katherina offend against society’s expectations of women in the plays Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew is open to personal interpretation. We must take into account which society it is we are suggesting they are offending against, if we are judging it on Shakespearean society’s expectations we could, in theory, agree with the statement, due to the fact that at that time, women were largely expected to be submissive, quiet and respectful to the superior sex, males. However, it would not be correct to say that Beatrice and Katherina offend against modern day expectations of women. Further to this, it would also depend on at which point in the play we are making our judgement.
Her claim was to argue the problems of how women are supposed to be seen as thin, long hair, and busty. She dismisses that argument as she focuses on her past problems that end up coming out as anger and just nagging. Also, reveals her own problems with her own race. Her bias is revealed as she called the man a “redneck” and called herself a “nigga,” as she stoops down to her offenders’ level. Her unsupportive argument is not to prove the misconceptions of what makes a woman a woman, really her arguments about her own anger and aggression towards her past.
One possible reason is to make women doubt their own beauty, and when someone critiques themselves, the responses are not the most beneficial. This is because we all know our own flaws the best and are not afraid of being too cruel to ourselves. This doubt that women have about their own beauty, leads to doubt about marriage. For the unmarried women viewing this ad, if they have become doubtful of themselves, this may have caused them to become nervous about being wed. The women in this ad are celebrating a wedding that has just occurred, thus the idea of weddings is in their head and the desire they may have to be
The choice between conformity and individuality is one of Antigone’s major themes that I can relate to. Ismene pronounces, “we must remember that by birth were women, and as such we shouldn’t fight with men” (Sophocles 288-289). In this quote, Ismene addresses women’s subordination to men. However, Ismene thinks highly of this fact. In fact, she tells her sister that she should not go against the new king’s wishes by burying their brother.
This is just one example of the way men misuse texts in the Koran to justify the repression of women. This also shows how women are not told of the dangers in this because they are just women who don’t need to be educated. The only thing the doctors who try to help these women can do is tell them the dangers against genital mutilation and proceed with the surgery even if they decide to go through with it. After generations of this practice, many women were taught to believe it made you more beautiful and kept you from becoming a prostitute. The more knowledge gained of genital mutilation led to different reasons of have the procedure done, such as “keeping their daughter’s chastity” (37).
Which is not an excuse at all, but now it makes more sense why she gets into trouble connected with witchcraft and involves the girls in it. The further we read the play, the more we get to know Abigail's personality. She accuses everybody, but not herself. The only thought on her mind is how to get Proctor's love. She does not feel sorry for anybody.
Smith drew many coincidences between Hutchinson’s role during the Antinomian controversy (the view that God's grace has freed the Christian from the need to observe established moral precepts) and powerful modern women today. The author defends her argument by vividly describing that no matter what Anne Hutchinson stated that she would be reprimanded not by what she said, but because of her gender. After reading this article one would conclude that her act of speaking were more of a crime than the words uttered. No matter how many times she would attempt to defend herself, she would not be heard unless she stated what the judges wanted her to say. During the period of the Protestant Reformation man were allowed to have a direct relationship with God and women could not.
Yet, like it does in so many other government issues, many people turn to religious leaders and faith for direction. In my own experience, I am taught that the sole reason for sex should be for reproduction. This may seem outdated to many, including myself, a huge portion of the Catholic population agree with this statement. Furthermore, any sexual interactions between homosexuals are considered amoral. This is an argument many use to support the claim that marriage must be between a man and a woman.
This will result in women losing the right to voice their views when it comes to issues regarding marriage, sexuality, health, etc… Solutions 1. I believe, in this situation, one solution would be to create awareness about the finer aspects of religion: for instance, how it has contributed much to society in the form of hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, and schools. Along with that religious activists must show how religion has given many people great happiness and a sense of belonging/community. This shows that religion has the potential to be a force of good, and that oppression is a religion itself and cannot be associated the core principles of every religion. Religious leaders/people, in this situation, must show the world that bringing one belief down to uplift another is not a solution, for the two beliefs must put aside their differences and work hand in hand to battle