The Feminist In The Wife Of Bath's Pro

The character of the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Prologue is a strong woman who knows exactly what she wants from life. She sees that women who portray themselves the way she does are not necessarily looked positively upon. In this sense, I believe that the Wife of Bath is a feminist. When I use the word feminist I do not mean bra-burning, man hating feminist. I mean a woman who is in touch with herself. She is her own type when it comes to feminism. She is comfortable with her sexuality and what she wants from life.
By definition is, Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. Palin said that “women who didn't back her were swiftly denounced as hypocrites by those on the right.” Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women for America said, "Even feminists—who supposedly promote women's equality and the so-called 'women's rights' agenda—are questioning a female candidate's ability to get the job done." (Feminism Should Expand and Emphasize Social Justice Rather than Gender Politics). …show more content…
When the queen sends the knight on a quest to find out what it is that all women want. He goes on a long journey and comes up with nothing. On the last day he runs into an elderly woman that tells him that all women was is to be equal to or more powerful than men, but in return he must promise to do one thing for her after he tells the queen. The knight goes back to the queen and tells her what he has discovered, and the queen and all of the women in the room agree with him. Before she begins to her tale she tells her listeners not to be offend by her views. This means that this story has some of her own beliefs in it. She then ends the story with the knight submitting to the elderly woman and giving her the choice and the