Pizan’s book brings about changes in womanhood that men are often too blind to notice. It has also contributed significantly to the debate that men hold on wanting to keep on maintaining their positions and ranks without the interference of women. Men have always wanted to be rulers and authority in society. Her constant use of virtues and achievements from the past from various women, Christine is able to adopt a three-way focus in the lives of women, that is, the intellectual, the spiritual, and the physical. All of these show that women are equal and just as powerful as some of the best-known men in the world.
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I agree with your view on Pizans interpretation of women and how they are treated. Unlike many other examples in great literature. It was fascinating to compare and contrast the role of women and their roles by Pizan and the likes of the women in Hamlet.
I agree with you. Men are too blind to see the changes in society. I also agree with that three-way focus on the lives of women can show that women are equal to men.
For example, all 45 presidents of the united state were all men. Why not for once have a female as president. This is an example of how people to blind to see any changes in society.
I agree with you that Pizan illustrates how men undermine women for the sake of leadership and control ranks of all activities within our daily activities. When reading through the book, the author illustrates how some women use their true virtues to win over some prominent men who are believed to be superior. Christine believes that spiritual, intellectual and physical can help women to be successful, prominent in all her activities within the society. Thus the author goes ahead insinuating that women can also perform men’s duties when given the chance and sometimes they can bring a great positive impact on society when given positions to rule.