HUMA 1125 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sexual Objectification, Wield, Wulfing
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The european past was very much of two minds about women: mostly they were bad, except of course when they were precious and good. First trace the misogynisic theme of the miseries that women make men sufer, in paricular wives their husbands, in wriings from both the middle ages and the renaissance. But the story does not at all end there, so ind and appraise the images of women seen as somehow truly splendid and deeply worthy, and, inally, ask how such contrasing visions could so happily co-exist. Misogyny: the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women. Misogyny can be found within many mythologies of the ancient world as well as various religions. Women in beowulf are seen as equal to men in comparison to their 14th century counterparts.
