Women are always mentioned as if they are the infiorior sex, even when Cassio calls Desdemona "divine Desdemona" he is only mentioning her physical appearance, her face and body. she is only something to look at and not to be looked at as an intellectual, instead of her personality and intelligence being a factor in her divines its only the physical they look at. another quote used to empower women in this play dosent acually do that, they say that Desdemona is the "captains captian" this quote said by Cassion is said in a sarcastic and humorous as of they a joking about the power she has over Othello. the quote suggests her control over Othello is physical and is a sexual attribute that controls Othello, once again saying that physicality
