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Did you know? Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" (1387) is one of the first female characters in English literature to talk openly about sex. She had five husbands, gave sex advice, and argued that women's experience is worth more than church authority. Radically feminist for the 14th century.

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Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" (1387) is one of the first female characters in English literature to talk openly about sex. She had five husbands, gave sex advice, and argued that women's experience is worth more than church authority. Radically feminist for the 14th century.

Chaucers "Wife of Bath" (1387) is een van de eerste vrouwelijke personages in de Engelse literatuur die openlijk over seks praat. Ze had vijf echtgenoten, gaf seks-advies, en stelde dat vrouwelijke ervaring meer waard is dan kerkelijke autoriteit. Voor de 14e eeuw radicaal feministisch.

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