Misogyny In The Wife Of Bath

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When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Wife of Bath, women were viewed as inferior and submissive to men. Men had dominance over the church and manipulated the rules to their own liking. This could be viewed as “misogyny” which is the prejudice or disliking of women. Chaucer wrote this tale against misogyny to challenge the typical roles of women in this time period. In her tale, the Wife tells a story of a knight who rapes a young maiden. This is a crime that would be normally punishable by death, but Queen Guinevere and the ladies of the court give the knight a quest instead: find what it is that women want the most. Only having a year and a day, he sets off. During this time, he receives many different answers from various women. He spots 24
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