It takes two to tango..
In this tale there is a certain scene that describes the choice of being unfaithful only to the women. It makes it seem that if a man is unfaithful; it is at no fault of his. For surely he was tricked into by the woman by agreeing to take part in her "follies". This quote explains how a man is not reprehensible for his action. "we shall never admit that a good, valiant man is reprehensible because his beloved besmirches herself with another man; rather, she herself is as evil because of her deeds and vices as is he who consented to her follies." (pg 221). When the cloak shows how the women in the court have been unfaithful, the men are shocked. They are ashamed of their wives and disappointed in them. Yet no husband is upset that another man has slept with his wife. It is like the husbands are forgetting that it takes two people to be unfaithful, and that there is another person is at blame. Shouldn't the husbands be more upset that a fellow knight, and friend has betrayed them by sleeping with their wife? Rather than only putting the blame and betrayal on their betrothed? The tale makes it seem that women are the only ones who are unfaithful and who are into sex.Yet it takes two to tango..

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