Shakespeare’s Othello begins with a marriage between Othello and Desdemona. This marriage was the result of the strong bond of love which they felt together. During their marriage, Othello started to feel a sense of jealousy with Desdemona’s behavior. This jealousy was being created by Desdemona’s beauty and sexual power. With the presence of Desdemona, Othello felt belittled with her sexuality. Female sexuality is a threat to the patriarchal society, and Othello …showed first 75 words of 1300 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1300 total…have desires of her own. In the tale of Othello, Desdemona’s, who is representing women in general, sexuality is a double threat towards the patriarchal society. Not only may a woman sexually desire any man she chooses, but a man’s desire for a women emasculates him by making him subservient to her desires. With that message, Othello reinforces that Shakespeare believes that female sexuality should be removed from the realm of the patriarchy.