Christine de Pizan speaks through the voices of her characters to negate the argument of male writers who make claims about women that are entirely unfounded.
Reason, Rectitude and Justice (all female characters) give their opinions about the nature of women and explain why the prejudices against them created by men are incorrect.
As far as I am concerned, reason is the highest virtue and most valuable trait for a human (man or woman) to have. Reason disproves all else. Lady Reason tells Christine that what she has read written by men is in accurate, "...I can assure you that these attacks on all women-when in fact there are so many excellent women-- have never originated with me, Reason."
As a means of validating herself as a writer, Christine de Pizan uses examples of women who exhibit traits which men insist they do not have, women who act in ways that shows how ridiculous the claims made against women are. The examples she uses from history span over different time periods and countries, showing that women everywhere have proven themselves to be equal to if not superior to men.
Possibly her most useful tool is the Bible, and Chistine de Pizan uses it to her advantage. By giving examples from the Bible, she makes it very difficult for anyone to dispute her words because they would not want to sound like they were saying anything that might be remotely construed as negative or contradictory to the Bible.
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