Present day women are fundamentally looked upon as equals to men, but in Ancient time's women did not have power or status Ancient woman had to clean, cook and most importantly make and raise children. Women were not allowed to receive much of an education and work outside the home. This was reserved for males only. At first it seems that the Art of Love and Corinthians presents women to be inferior and direct the text toward men. Upon close examination, Paul actually expects more of women than men which suggest their superiority while Ovid also includes women as an equal reader.
Paul views women as inferior because he places men on a high pedestal. He says "I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that". He places himself in the position of God because no man can ever be like him.
Ancient Italy - Ovid Banished from Rome (painting ...
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Illustration to Ovid's Art of LoveThat makes women have a lower position then men because there is no mention of how women also have a gift from God. Paul says that the human body is not meant for sex because it is part of Jesus Christ's body. He says "Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?" The word "her" implies that the prostitute is a female. This makes all prostitutes female which makes women seem lower because female prostitutes are seen by Paul and the scum of the Earth. Paul mentions the fact that men sin "All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body", this could be viewed two...