Despite his efforts to reform mankind, there are many comments in Gulliver’s Travels that seem to portray Swift as a misogynist. In fact, according to Katharine Rogers, Swift was “considered by his contemporaries, as by readers today, the leading misogynist of his time.” She describes how there are many statements in his writings which attack women for their ignorance and frivolity. Swift is also described to be repulsive to women that are not beautiful, pointing out their flaws in disgust. In the final book of Gulliver’s Travels, there are some aspects in Lemuel Gulliver that can be attributed to Swift. Jonathan Swift’s misogynistic ideas were reflected through subtle details described by Lemuel Gulliver. For instance, Gulliver views reason
