I, as a woman, respect my husband as well as he respects me. I would never degrade my husband into feeling like he should be my slave, because I can satisfy him sexually, although The Wife does feel strongly about women’s rights and from the reading it makes me think of feminism. “Feminism is both an intellectual commitment and a political movement that seeks justice for women and the end of sexism in all forms” (Haslanger). If you look at the very first International Women’s Conference in Paris back in 1892. What women were fighting for back then had nothing to do with the thoughts that The Wife of Bath’s had, it was about fighting for equal rights and equality among sexes. I do feel that The Wife of Bath’s if it was in today’s day would be a feminist, I think she ultimately wants to just be treated as equal and feels that the only way that can be done is to be a strong independent women and back then that was very intimidating to women which made her an outcast to others. “Yes, there are valid reasons to think that feminism causes some problems. It
I, as a woman, respect my husband as well as he respects me. I would never degrade my husband into feeling like he should be my slave, because I can satisfy him sexually, although The Wife does feel strongly about women’s rights and from the reading it makes me think of feminism. “Feminism is both an intellectual commitment and a political movement that seeks justice for women and the end of sexism in all forms” (Haslanger). If you look at the very first International Women’s Conference in Paris back in 1892. What women were fighting for back then had nothing to do with the thoughts that The Wife of Bath’s had, it was about fighting for equal rights and equality among sexes. I do feel that The Wife of Bath’s if it was in today’s day would be a feminist, I think she ultimately wants to just be treated as equal and feels that the only way that can be done is to be a strong independent women and back then that was very intimidating to women which made her an outcast to others. “Yes, there are valid reasons to think that feminism causes some problems. It