To Wise Tiresias Gender Analysis

Male Dominance over the female gender has been prevalent ever since the beginning of the common era and is just recently starting to change a little. Males dominated every aspect of life except in the household and tending to the children; that was the female’s jobs. One argument that will be made is that men had overall power and rule over women in what happens around them. The second argument that will be made is the significance of the females roles and the duties and hardships they had to endure throughout their lifetime. The third argument is the similarities and differences between these two genders and their roles in the myths that come out of this book. Women’s decisions in everyday can be overturned by any male at any time because

As stated in previous paragraphs, men were superior to women in every aspect of life. These two people were bound together to tend to each other’s needs and help them get through life; love may have also been a factor that played into this but not always. One way they decide the similarities and differences between these two genders is by asking Tiresias, “To wise Tiresias’ judgement: he should know/ what love was like, from either point of view.”(3. 325-326). This provides the idea that Tiresias has felt love from both genders, male and female. When he separated the serpents, his gender was switched over from male to female, so he got to do each gender’s roles and duties. He got to experience how mistreated the women during that time period were and the superiority that the male gender has and how thankful they should be to have that ability. Similarities are that they are both being treated humanely by the other gender, some more than others, but the differences is how they show their love, how they are treated and the physical appearances are different. There is many more differences than similarities because even though they are both humans, the small things are the differences and have a rather big impact on the roles of the