Feminism In Chaucer's The Wife Of Bath

The Wife of Bath’s is described in a very clear manner in a particular way to provoke a stunning response from Chaucer’s audience. Chaucer starts off about her garments, physical appearance and the many references to her past are by far the key to getting the reader’s attention and is why it is mentioned by Chaucer in hopes to engage the reader, His description of her facial and body are his many different ways of showing his sexual suggestion of who she is, he also adds her physical looks by describing her garments, legs, feet and hips and also her gap tooth, according to The Wife this symbolizes sexual desire and lust, however she does not fit the principles of obligatory Christian by the many authorities concerning feminine behavior. Women are either classified as saints or …show more content…
I, as a woman, respect my husband as well as he respects me. I would never degrade my husband into feeling like he should be my slave, because I can satisfy him sexually, although The Wife does feel strongly about women’s rights and from the reading it makes me think of feminism. “Feminism is both an intellectual commitment and a political movement that seeks justice for women and the end of sexism in all forms” (Haslanger). If you look at the very first International Women’s Conference in Paris back in 1892. What women were fighting for back then had nothing to do with the thoughts that The Wife of Bath’s had, it was about fighting for equal rights and equality among sexes. I do feel that The Wife of Bath’s if it was in today’s day would be a feminist, I think she ultimately wants to just be treated as equal and feels that the only way that can be done is to be a strong independent women and back then that was very intimidating to women which made her an outcast to others. “Yes, there are valid reasons to think that feminism causes some problems. It