Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan c. 1365-c. 1430 1. Christines life sentence shows a glimpse into the changing worldview in numerous appearances. For one, she became better as a child and go on her education throughout her life, she also was qualified to support her family as a single mother on her own by working independently, and he writings were symbolically revolved around women in such(prenominal) a way that they rebuked the negative teachings by roughly scholars. 2.As a girl, Christine had an unusual life because her father, who was the Astrologer for Charles V, ensured that she would flummox the best education possible. Later when she became older and was married, her husband also encouraged her to continue her studies. Unlike most women during the middle Ages, she was able to receive an education, as well as the support to do so. After the remainder of her husband she had to support her family on her own, she did so by writing short stories and poems, which people paid for. She was able to get herself out of debt this way. . Basically Christine is saying, thats she never doubted idol and his perfection, creation of all things good, wisdom. But what she doesnt understand is how it is that women have been so heavily scrutinized and labeled with flaws if people of the faith truly believe that God created all things good. This is why shes so angry and frustrated, she then goes on to say why wasnt she do a man, since men argon all said to be so perfect. She apologizes &and asks forgiveness for her sloppiness of his service, due to the fact that she is not a man. . Christine says it is not about gender, that does not make one rase than the other. It lies within that individuals conduct and virtue. 5. She says that not all mens opinions are establish on reason, it cant be assumed that becoming educating and learning the natural sciences can be bad for to a greater extents. Men also dont like it when women know more than they do. 6. They say that educating women has function beneficial and still is beneficial, being taught a good doctrine can in no way have a negative effect on anything.It is simply irrational. 7. Christines mother wanted her to do girly things, things that women should do such as go aroundning and weaving. On the other hand, her father wanted her to be educated and watch her learn and grow to become an intelligent teen woman. This illustrates the clash between the Medieval and spiritual rebirth worldviews because her mother wanted her to do things women should do and her father wanted her to do the opposite, by gaining an education. 8. The auses of misogyny are from men who are ignorant, these men blame women because they either hate women because they are simply far more intelligent than they are and naturally good hearted, others who hate women are crippled and the only way for them to chatter their misery on others is by blaming women who make others happy, and finally men who have spent a good deal of their young years dormancy around cant anymore and they like to sabotage womens lives by disgusting others because they cant enjoy sexual pleasures.I do think that all of these still inhabit in our society, as well as in others. For example, I had a discrepancy with a laugh at friend of mine, who is a boxer like I am and he had the idea that he could cling me his reasoning for it was solely because I was a girl. He did not have any other binding reason as to why he could beat me, he didnt bring in my statistics either, which made even more pathetic that he would think such a thing. Another example in our society is of a young man who was in college that contracted aids.This man went around the entire college campus sleeping with other women so that they would also have the disease without telling them prior to their relations. He was miserable, so he wanted to make other women feel his pain. I think these attitudes are rooted deep in our society and Im not sure that they will ever go away. 9. They contribute much of civilizations advancements to Minerva, Isis, and Ceres. Isis was an Egyptian goddess, who has been mostly named as the goddess of rebirth. She was known for spending time amongst her people and taming men.She also taught women how to weave, grind corn, spin flax, and make bread. Minerva was a papist goddess, who was associated with poetry, medicine, wisdom, weaving, crafts, war, artillery, and trading. It is said she developed numbers and musical instruments. Ceres was a Roman goddess also, she was known for being the goddess of agriculture and fertility of the land. 10. No I think Christine suggests that it shouldnt be excluded from men. She implies in the first paragraph that if men read the truth theyd shut up, hold their tongues, and lower their heads in shame for such stupid ignorance.