Women have usually never had the upper hand when it comes to gender equality. They have dealt with sexism, harsh sexual codes, and double standards just for being women. They have been seen as weak, fragile, emotional, and are always criticized for doing the same as a man. In poems The Poor Singing Dame by Mary Robinson, Rights of a Woman by Anna Letitia Barbauld, and The Thorn by William Wordsworth all touch on topics in relation to women in their writing. It is disappointing but not surprising how women were unfairly treated, criticized, and belittled. As a woman, it is quite disheartening to have to read about such mistreatment.
Women being confident and happy with themselves is something men tended to fear and envy during the Romantic Era.
Women being confident and happy with themselves is something men tended to fear and envy during the Romantic Era.