Sor Juana also gave women honor in her poem Hombres Necios. This poem is about how men accuse women of every little thing, yet men are the sole reason why women act the way they do; “You foolish men that accuse women, without a reason without seeing that you´re to blame of the same thing you accuse” (Inés 1). She also states that while men always blame women for any wrong doings, men are the root of the cause. Sor Juana is protecting women’s honor by stating that men are wrongfully taking their honor away by accusing them of things that they themselves do. If an unmarried woman sleeps with a man, her honor in the society automatically goes away; however, the man’s honor is not ruined because it is seen as a “manly” thing to do. This is a double
