Gauguin believed that women were similar to nature "The feminine populated, the women possessing a shared character which took form in a sort of animal nature, the result of centuries of ritualized response to an established role" (318). Gauguin seemed to show that since women become mothers and create new life they are more closely to nature. He also believed that women should be controlled. "In this respect, the image of the savage and the image of the woman van be seen as similarly structured, not only within Gauguin's work, but as a characteristic feature in the project of representing the Other's body, be it the woman's or the native's" (327). He believed that women were best to be controlled by a
Gauguin believed that women were similar to nature "The feminine populated, the women possessing a shared character which took form in a sort of animal nature, the result of centuries of ritualized response to an established role" (318). Gauguin seemed to show that since women become mothers and create new life they are more closely to nature. He also believed that women should be controlled. "In this respect, the image of the savage and the image of the woman van be seen as similarly structured, not only within Gauguin's work, but as a characteristic feature in the project of representing the Other's body, be it the woman's or the native's" (327). He believed that women were best to be controlled by a