In the beginning of the Wife of Bath’s prologue she is explaining to the other travels that she is an expert in marriage. She tells stories of her five husbands to “prove” to the others that she is knowledge and has enough experience in this subject matter and should listen to her. While explaining the “tricks” she uses on her husbands she says “‘Since woman’s less reasonable than male, / you must therefore be patient.’” (Chaucer, 441,442). The Wife of Bath is saying that women aren’t as patient as men and can’t control their emotions which is why men have to control theirs. With this quote Chaucer is using satirical satire to make fun of women by saying that women are hypocritical and manipulative. At the beginning of the prologue the Wife