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How does the Wife of Bath view the relationship between men and

women according to lines 66-72?

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Answer:

For the woman in Bath, the relationship between men and women is governed by the concept of submission, where women use their sexual gifts to keep men submissive to them.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Bath Woman is a short story that introduces Alice, a woman very different by the standards of society at the time it was written. Alice, sees the relationship between man and woman very differently from what was stimulated at the time. That's because, instead of reinforcing the importance of virginity and purity, Alice says that marriage is an institution, where women must use subterfuges and gifts of attraction and sensuality, to keep men captive, submissive and ready to perform women's wishes.

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