Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Is being married to a women really THAT bad?

There were many aspects of this reading that shocked me. I was mostly shocked by how there was a common theme to how women were terrible and men are in a lose-lose situation.  One section that completely shocked me was in The Malleus Maleficarum when they quoted Socrates: "When the philosopher Socrates was asked if one should marry a wife, he answered: If you do not, you are lonely, your family dies out, and a stranger inherits; if you do, you suffer perpetual anxiety, querulous complaints, reproaches concerning the marriage portion, the heavy displeasure of your relations..." (Kors and Peter, 185). This really shifted my view on how they viewed women back then. I mean obviously most people know women haven't been treated great throughout history but from my past knowledge I still got the vibe that there was love and families being made out of love. This reading gives off the major theme that most women are evil. I just feel like this may not have been the accurate view of all women during this time, but hey I could be wrong and all women maybe loved to be one with the devil.

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