Women In The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer

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If you would take a moment to picture what your ideal boss is; would it be someone who is a strong leader, someone who takes control of a situation, or is not always apart of the staff drama? Now wouldn’t you say the the first person you thought of was a man figure, for most of the population their idea boss would be a man. That just shows how women aren't very represented in anything until recent years in anything but the kitchen. Even today it has taken women a lot of fighting and struggle to be even seen as “equal” to a man. It just shows that most women, have been seen as care givers ever since the beginning of time. From the medieval times to today the women have had to work even harder than men to have to reach their goals. First off, Women were seen as second class citizens ever since the medieval times. “women wants the self- same…. He must not be above her”(Geoffrey Chaucer). This quote was taken from a novel that was inspired to see what women want. Many women back in this time never had a say, the man of the house were the only ones who could voice on opinion. For so many years all women had ever wanted to be is seen equal to men. The only thing is that even still to this day they are not seen that way. Women could do a job that mostly only men …show more content…

Especially when the women were expected to be the only ones to support the family when the women stayed at home. “ Men mined coal, drove trucks, worked from before light till after.”( Scott Russell Sanders). Men worked very hard to support their families with having aching bodies, but once the man got home they taken care of completely by the women. Women were expected to have dinner at the table ready for once the man got home. Both men and women had different difficulties with each of their responsibilities but there was more expected out of women. Women’s job hours never ended like a men's

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