The central thesis of Fisher's book argues the downfall of gender through Shakespeare's plays. In Othello, Fisher mentions in one chapter how gender portrays fractured views of the self. These ideas are shown when Fisher states how the female voice, "signifies not power but danger, and thus invites dismissal from the male power structure" (160). Fisher shows how honest words coming from any females will go through the deaf ears of men. In addition to the diminishing act of self-empowerment in females, Fisher notes the irrelevance of characterization for females roles contributing to their body and space: "female homosocial space is reduced or elided, which enhances the notion of female as object rather than subject"(161). Othello's view towards women is at first heartfelt, but then changes to hatred.
