The Public Voice Of Woman Analysis

Mary Beard’s “The Public Voice of Women” describes how a woman can struggle to speak her ideas and opinions in society today and throughout history. She gives examples of her own and other woman’s experiences that she has witnessed as examples from books, such as the Odyssey, and history in general. On twitter, Beard experiences the hardships of trying to voice her ideas as a woman when she is constantly bombarded with tweets telling her to shut up, threatening her with murder, rape, and other horrible things. Beard says, “It doesn’t much matter what line you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory. The abuse comes anyway,” so it does not matter what a woman says, but the fact that she said anything means she is subject to these forms of abuse. Another one of Beard’s many examples is in the Odyssey. While Odysseus is gone, many suitors try to …show more content…
Throughout most of As You Like It, Rosalind is dressed as a young man, Ganymede, and acts like one. Before that, Rosalind was just another noble woman in the court. She would not be able to achieve much, as she would just spend lots of her time wandering around the court talking to Celia. But, as Ganymede Rosalind could accomplish more. All through As You Like It, Rosalind is constantly being sought out for romantic help. Has Rosalind really changed all that much though? Well, maybe a little bit, but she’s basically the same, except for the fact that she looks like a man now. Rosalind says, “Were it not better, Because that I am more than common tall, That I did suit me all points like a man? A gallant curtal-ax upon my thigh, A boar-spear in my hand, and in my heart Lie there what hidden woman's fear there will, We'll have a swashing and a martial outside— As many other mannish cowards have That do outface it with their semblances.” All that Rosalind has to do is act “manly” and then all of a sudden people respect what she has to