Gender Roles During The Renaissance Era

In my mind the Renaissance era was the greatest era. This era had a huge impact on our life styles and beliefs today. Some of the things adopted from the Renaissance era was Culture, Society, and Religion. But in order to fully understand the concept of the gender roles of the men and women of the time. We must first understand how the men and women of that time were viewed. Throughout history there is a lot of ways men and women were different. But only a few were the biggest setback for women.
Did the Renaissance women have the same life as the Renaissance men? Women of that time were often denounced as Devious, Domineering, and Demanding. The Renaissance women played several roles in their families. Those roles were based on their marital
Marriage really brought out the gender roles. The Renaissance women had virtually no control when it came to picking their husbands. This may have led to an increase in infidelity because they didn’t get to fall in love with their husbands. The husband and wives very distinct duties they were expected to follow. ” The husband’s role was to have absolute authority and total dominance. The roles of the women were to maintain the home and serve the family”. (Zuber n.d.) Also when it came to decision making and running the house, the women of the time were thought to be inferior beings. “Even though not all women were married, the majority of the women chose to be wives. Those women showed certain characteristics. Some of those characteristics were Chastity, Modesty, Humility, Constancy, Temperance, Piety, Patience, and Kindness”. (Zuber n.d.) All of these characteristics listed, were traits of someone with no authority. Finally, these women weren’t allowed to speak out of turn. Occasionally when their husbands you leave, the wives then would have to take over their husband’s duties. Those duties would include: Herds, Barns, and Granaries. Also because of the high mortality rate, the women would receive their husbands