Or, to put it the same question another way, does the Wife of Bath's prologue belong in Jankyn'd book of wicked wives, or does it effectively tear the antifeminist tradition apart?
How does the Wife manipulate argument and textual authority? Is she justified in manipulating texts and arguments in the way she does?
Does the Wife expose power relations that are inevitable in marriage?
Is the Wife capable of imagining any alternative to the exercise of absolute power by either husband or wife in marriage?
How acute is the Wife about why so few stories of good wives exist?