Hildegard's The Four Temperaments Of Woman
Journal 2 I give Hildegard props for such a bold and unapologetic piece. I like and agree with her outlook on the conditions of a union between a man and a woman. She states that it should not be “vain” and later goes on to say that there should be “a perfect love in these two”. She also expresses that a man should not leave his wife unless the church allows. Today, this level of commitment is not so easily found, especially when we see so many affairs and emotional cheating occurring between couples. I, like Hildegard, put a high value on relationships so for her to state that love, and the union it causes, to be for the sole purpose of love and commitment to the other person is sadly refreshing in our noncommittal world. This ideal is still
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Her discussions of “The Four Temperaments of Woman” is something that can be seen as dated and simply just overgeneralizations. To say that a woman belongs to only one of four categories in which all the traits listed are the same is just not realistic. I would be outraged if my temperament was perceived in a certain light because of my physical traits. She even goes as far to say how men perceive each of the four types, again these claims cannot be entirely true across the board. To say that men “show them reverence and are afraid of them” when talking about pale skinned women or that dark skinned women have “little power of resistance” was probably not the full story then and is definitely not the case now. Women today represent so much more than the “baby-maker” Hildegard countlessly references; we have come far past this duty of “seed recipient” in order to keep humanity going. This outlook is very dated, at least in the USA and other developed nations. Women today are encouraged to pursue careers, not wait on their husbands for when he wants to have another child. Women have come a long way from when Hildegard wrote this and there is still much more to
Her discussions of “The Four Temperaments of Woman” is something that can be seen as dated and simply just overgeneralizations. To say that a woman belongs to only one of four categories in which all the traits listed are the same is just not realistic. I would be outraged if my temperament was perceived in a certain light because of my physical traits. She even goes as far to say how men perceive each of the four types, again these claims cannot be entirely true across the board. To say that men “show them reverence and are afraid of them” when talking about pale skinned women or that dark skinned women have “little power of resistance” was probably not the full story then and is definitely not the case now. Women today represent so much more than the “baby-maker” Hildegard countlessly references; we have come far past this duty of “seed recipient” in order to keep humanity going. This outlook is very dated, at least in the USA and other developed nations. Women today are encouraged to pursue careers, not wait on their husbands for when he wants to have another child. Women have come a long way from when Hildegard wrote this and there is still much more to