Infidelity In The Wife Of Bath

Thesis: In the Wife of Bath’s prologue, Chaucer is seemed to be mocking the progressive thoughts of a feminist.

As the Wife of Bath may seem as progressive, her actions have blown out of proportion resulting in a woman who has been in many marriages and appears to be taking advantage of each man, resulting in her last husband to be abusive towards her. In the article it states, "The potential for female infidelity leads men, both through cultural and evolutionary means, to be aware of, and to attempt to control, women's sexual behavior." Meaning that men prefer to control woman's urges and create a thing called virginity. Louis discusses how people created the "enforcement of virginity in unmarried women, along with the denigration of all