This shows how weak the hermit is, juxtaposing the powerful king without an answer to a recused hermit with an answer that the king does not understand as he does not often do work.
They wanted women to rely on men so they would cut there feet, and unable to do manual labor. Women did not have certain rights as men did. Women were not allowed to fight in battles, own property, make big dissuasions. Lots of stuff us women take for granted today, many women back then would have wished they could be us.
D. Fahsion and Music in the United States
