Wicked Women of Tudor England

Mary and Elizabeth Tudor: Embracing and Manipulating Gender Expectations

“…26 As shown by Retha Warnicke, "Women, as well as men, were socialized to accept and to act on the widespread belief of males as the superior sex." 27 English values dictated that women were to be seen as the 'weaker sex' and therefore not capable of being able to handle power, ultimately Elizabeth recognized that her femininity was a weakness. However, she also recognizes that she is not like other women, and reaffirmed her authority as a monarch.…”