Day 2 Decameron

I think that this says that women are no different than men when it comes to lust. Even though in these days women would just have to deal with whatever came their way, and men had more of a choice, this said that women could enjoy sex just as much as men do. We also see that perhaps women like to feel safe since Alatiel slept with the men who could take of her. These were men who had something to offer, whether it be jewels and a throne or just giving her a sense of security. It gave a really negative view of men, because all the men in this story ended killing each other over this pretty face. She said absolutely nothing, and yet would claim to have fallen in love with her. Her father believed in everything that she said and sent her off to get married believing that she is still a virgin. Basically: men are fools when it comes to beautiful women. Just as in the story of the Trojan horse men will kill each other, go to war and risk the safety of a nation to satify their own pleasures. But it also make women seem fickle. Alatiel would only go through a very brief mourning period after losing a lover and it wasn't for her lover, it was for herself. She was lamenting her sad fortune and not the loss of her lover. And then she would immediately fall into the bed of whoever could give her the lifestyle that she was accustomed to.