Double Standards

The Saga of the Mantle reveals the true colors of the women who put on the cloak. On the other hand, it also emasculates the men in a sense, because of their connection to their lover and how it reveals their unfaithfulness towards them. The men show their insecurity by putting down the women and blaming them for infidelity when in reality most of the men on the Court have also engaged in acts of infidelity. The Saga of the Mantle makes it seem as if there is no maiden in the Kingdom to live up to this double standard. The theme of a patriarchal double standard is astonishing. All the women are embarrassed and put on the spot, but there would be no such thing for a man.  

When Sir Karadin asks his lover not to put on the cloak because he loves her too much and he would rather not know if she has been unfaithful, it shows a brief moment of nobility. Primarily throughout the Saga the women are made fun of for how short the cloak is on them. Women are described as unfaithful and mocked throughout, “all deceive their beloveds and not a single one is trustworthy” (219). In my opinion the men are the ones we should be laughing at for being blind to what goes on behind their backs.