What did Castiglione believe about men and women?

Question

a.) Women should try their best to please men

b.) Women and men are equal or

c.) Love and s*x are interdependant

Answer 1

Castiglione in his writtings about men/women, claimed that a woman should be unlike men in general attitude. Therefore ans. b.) is definitely not his belief.  He believed that education is as important to women as it is to men. However, he has written about Ladies of the court having a "pleasing affability"   being able to entertain men. While the education of men is practical, women are educated only so they can please and entertain men. Remember, sexism was the norm of his society, therefore, ans. a.) is something he would believe in. Ans. c.) Sorry, I am not sure of what his belief would be. Hope this helps, a bit.