- Continuing with the theme of prophecy, Lady Rectitude tells Christine about Antonia, who one day asked her boyfriend to promise to marry her as soon as he became emperor of Rome. This dude was pretty much a nobody at the time and thought he had no chance of becoming emperor, so he agreed. He and Antonia even exchanged rings as a symbol of their vow (wedding rings, mind you, weren't even a tradition yet in Christine de Pizan's time).
- At this point, Christine pipes up and says she can see now that men's accusations against women are totally invalid, since myth and history both provide tons of examples of great women with wisdom and supernatural powers to boot.
- Unfortunately, it remains a fact in Christine's time that men and their families are disappointed when women give birth to girls, since families value boys more. Christine says that this is only the case because the families don't want to have to pay for their daughter's future wedding. Back in Pizan's day, it was common to give money or a "dowry" to the family of a new son-in-law.
- Rectitude argues that in the long run, though, daughters stay devoted to their parents while sons just scorn and abandon them. Sons also get into more trouble.
- It's time to hear many examples of women from history (and myth) who were famously devoted to their parents. One woman even jumped in front of her father when soldiers were about to kill him in battle. According to legend, the soldiers respected her bravery so much that they backed off and worshipped her.