Sex as a Weapon: Is It Really So Wrong?

I've noticed a lot of people who have an issue with the Wife of Bath tend to either have an issue with her weaponizing sex or her tolerance of domestic violence. Instead of writing a blog post about the obvious wrongs of domestic abuse, I decided to take on the task of trying to argue how weaponizing sex really isn't all that bad.

Ok, let me kick this thing off by saying that, believe it or not, sex is used as a weapon in both modern media and modern society (shocker! I know. *insert sarcastic eyeroll*). In many beloved movies that usually feature a woman starting from the bottom (thanks, Drake) and ending up at the top, sex is usually featured. Of course, each movie is different, so of course sex isn't always used in the same way, so let me get more specific.

Let's take a look at one of America's most beloved films, featuring America's sweetheart: Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman.

Basically, if you haven't seen this movie (and I don't understand why you wouldn't have by now), it's about a prostitute who is whisked off her leather boot wearing feet by some rich big wig in a limo. No, he doesn't hire her into a low entry position and she sleeps her way to the top. In fact, he takes he takes her in to be his escort for social events. They inevidably fall in love, but what happens after she sleeps with him? She becomes his girlfriend! Shocker! No.

Anyways, in addition to gaining a new man, this lucky lady of the evening also gains a wealthy buisness man who will listen to all of her crazy buisness ideas. Talk about having your cake and eating it to. All the creative license you could ever want with none of the backlash if it all falls to shit? Sign me up!

I really don't expect all of you to accept my crazy conspiracy theory about Pretty Woman, but consider this: has your mother/stepmother/father's girlfriend/father's boyfriend ever made your father/stepfather/mother's boyfriend/mother's girlfriend sleep on the couch as punishment?

Honestly, like, what do you think she's/he's doing there?

And also, for all of you sexually active and/or people in a relationship, after getting into an arguement or if your partner is doing something that you don't agree with, are you going to hop straight in the sack with them? I would hope not because, well, whether or not you realize it, you would be condoning their bad behavior. In order to get your point across, you start taking away things they like to do with you (including the big nasty!).

Now, using sex outside of the walls of a relationship is very underhanded and lazy in modern standards, but that's all women had at their disposal during Chaucer's time. Women typically weren't taught to read and write and weren't sent off to fancy dancy universities to better their lives.  They were born to become breeders for whatever gentleman their parents chose for them.

So, once again, my hat goes off to Chaucer for generating one of the first feminist pieces of his time.