SWETNAM

Joseph Swetnams work The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women cannot be seen in a very positive light. It gives a very shallow and one-faced picture of women at those times. If at all they were ladies, they were the worst of the lot.
They are like Eagles which will always fly where the carrion is. is what he thinks of these kind of women. These words might be true but arent the men fools enough to lose themselves to the charm of such women Strangely enough Swetnam never raises a finger to mens intelligence or sanity. It is always this sect of women that is targeted.

As a response to Swetnams venom-filled work, feminist writer Rachel Speght writes in an essay, Whoso makes the fruit of his cogitations extant to the view of all men should have his work to be as a well-tuned instrument, in all places according and agreeing, the which I am sure yours doth not. This is absolutely true because Swetnam draws absolutely foolish Biblical references with sexual innuendos which would enrage any sane reader.

The only fun in Swetnams piece is reserved for a sexist who would be looking out for reasons to find flaws in women. If Swetnam has the audacity to say, Then who can but say that women sprung from the Devil, he surely hasnt got his Bible right. Or he might be frivolous enough to ridicule the Bible.

He might be talking about the frivolous, lewd, idle women in his piece but his attack is more massive in its approach. Never does he speak of the minority. In fact he takes the veil of a minority and pin-points the exact opposite. This essay is more of a mans insecurity than a matured piece of writing. Swetnam is unable to furnish his essay with more concrete examples and has taken refuge in pointless and arbitrary statements which do nothing but fuel up the anger in the mind of any sane reader.