[Gallowsraven]

Sorry Suzerain!

"A wys womman wol bisye hire evere in oon To gete hire love, ye, ther as she hath noon." ~ The Wife of Bath on women and femininity, the wife's all about passing on her wisdom and experience to younger girls in the lower ranks so that they can rise up through the secular ladder.

"Thou seyst, som folk desiren us for richesse,
Somme for oure shape, and somme for oure fairnesse,
And som for she kan outher synge or daunce,
And som for getillesse and daliaunce,
Som for hir handes and hir armes smale;
Thus goth al to the devel by thy tale.
Thou seyst, men may nat kepe a castel wal,
It may so longe assailled ben overal."
~ The wife is saying that women can't do anything right for doing wrong by the standards of men in those days. The castle reference is indicative of the attitude of men towards women; we girls were property.