Sexism in the Wife of Bath's Prologue

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In the prologue to her story, Alisoun, the wife of Bath, tells us about her fifth husband, a clerk named Jenkin, and his dastardly book of women's failures in history. Finally, she loses it, tears three pages (or "leaves" in the narrative) out and punches him in the face. Here they are:

Eve brings about the fall of Man in Genesis.

Delilah cuts off Samson's hair, robbing him of his strength (Judges).

Dejanira causes Hercules to set himself on fire (Greek mythology, I guess)

Socrates' wife Xantippe "cast piss up-on his heed." (yes, she threw pee on him)

Phasiphae lusts over a bull, and gives birth to a minotaur.

Clytemnestra's "lecherhye" causes the death of her husband.

Eriphyle causes Amphiorax to die by revealing his hiding place.

Livia and Lucilia both cause their husbands to die, one for love and the other for hate.

The wives of Latumius hang themselves (as told to Arrius).

Alisoun makes a point to her audience that she doesn't listen to such sexist bull, even saying "If women wrote more fiction, there'd be more wicked men." Later during her tale, however, she reminds us of King Midas' queen revealing the secret of his donkey ears, citing that women cannot keep a secret. For once she agrees with the stereotypes. Plenty of things about her are stereotypes, but as the good wife herself says "I hate it when people point out my vices."