What is the theme in The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan?

Misrepresentation is a major theme in the book. There are many misrepresentations about women that are addressed throughout the book. Male authors constantly slander women, and Reason, Rectitude and Justice provide the reasons for this and argue against the injustice. Women are seen as naturally gluttonous, weak-minded, childish, unintelligent, inferior and incapable of good judgment. Authority also claims that female children result from a weakness in the mother's womb. Women are seen as avaricious, gossips, inconstant and unfaithful. Claims are made that women dress for attention as well as that marriage is unbearable because wives hate old, scholarly husbands. Few women are chaste supposedly, and women only bring evil to the world.