Giovanni Boccaccio sets The Decameron in a time period when women are regarded as holding lower social position than men in a community. In the Biblical text, the roles of women are almost always severely restricted. Women are not allowed to hold power or have a significant position in a society, but to maintain in the positions of wives and mothers, who only care about family. In The Decameron, Boccaccio reveals that women could hold an upper hand role in the relationship of male and female. Boccaccio exceeds the role of women, contrary to church teaching by depicting women as patient, more lustful, and more intelligent figures than men.

Women in The Decameron are portrayed as being more long-suffering and more independent than men. Although it does not apply to all the female characters, Boccaccio demonstrates that women can endure difficulty easier than men do. Basically women do not have the enough power to overcome the whole problem that they tolerate hardship.

The Bible, however, asserts on the equality of gender on the matter of patience. The Bible praises patience as a fruit of the Spirit, which should be produced for all followers of Christ no matter of gender (1 Thessalonians 5:14). Boccaccio argues for the superior on the skill of endurance of women in contrary.

The story of Griselda told on the tenth day can validate the increased tolerance of women. In the story Gualtier, the Marquis of Sanluzzo, marries a lowborn girl called Griselda. In order to test