The daily life of a lower class women in the Middle Ages was hard, the movie “The Name of the Rose” portrays a clear image about medieval times, religion and women. The women did not play a significant role, the church was the main power it had the control over poor people. The image that is represented in this movie about womanhood is that the women were treated as nothing, were poor and used as a sexual object for the monks. One example in the movie is a young girl who was going to have sex with one of the monk because she did not have anything to eat and was going to exchange sexual favor for food. For me was very sad to see how a beautiful young girl had to use the only thing she had her body, to get something to eat. Unfortunately, today this still affecting the womanhood because there are situations that push the women to use their bodies to get things they need, sometimes it can be only to protect themselves or to protect their children.
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