No New Tale To Tell

The Wife of Bath's Tale touched upon some timeless points.  Gender equality has always been a heated topic and has become much more widely accepted in the late 20th century and into current day.  In the story the knight had to come before the queen and a panel of women to see if he would be executed or not.  In this situation the females were in control and held the power.  Women have had a very tough time historically when it has come to gender equality.  There had always been expectations of women to be good mothers, cooks, and cleaners.  Women were in charge of domestic duties and men were the ones who had jobs and "brought home the bacon."  Women are now working the same jobs men are.  They are CFOs, CEOs, and billionaire entrepreneurs.  The idea that women can be in charge is still very relevant to modern times.  The knight said that what women want most is to be in control of their husbands and lovers.  I disagree with this point though because I don't think women necessarily want to be the one with all of the power in their relationships.  I think they want a balance of power, but I cannot speak on behalf of all women because everyone has different views and opinons on this.  Although there still isn't equal pay in the workplace for women and men, females have come a very long way in terms of gender equality, which is a point The Wife of Bath's Tale touched upon.