Women are not treated with any great deal of respect throughout the play because of the phallocentric

society of the time and this shows through the imagery portrayed of women throughout the play. Prostitute
imagery plays a heavy part in depicting women through the play with women being called many terms such
as "Hobby-horse(s),” "Minx(s)" and "Minion(s)." Desdemona, Emelia, and Bianca are all termed some of
these names throughout the length of the play. Through the disregard for the emotions and feelings of
women by men in the play we can see how it agreed with the patriarchal views on women of its
contemporary audience. Women throughout the play are treated as objects by there male counterparts.
This is evident through the death of all but one woman, Bianca. They die because of men's need to have
them as a possession that they can control and