In the play "Othello", Shakespeare presents us with another male-dominated society in which women are inferior. Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca are rejected by their partners, but love them completely and selflessly. All three women have unbalanced relationships, having more feelings for their self-centered men who seem incapable of reciprocating. However, these women show genuine feelings towards each other unlike any other male-male friendship. Desdemona and Emilia are both married to career military soldiers. Desdemona, newly married, is inexperienced (innocent) in the "real world" despite being raised by a prominent Venetian senator. Emilia, on the other hand, seems to have been married for some time. She knows the habits of a soldier, but believes only part of what her husband tells her. Although Emilia has been Desdemona's assistant since the beginning of the play (perhaps long before), we don't get an intimate view of their relationship until Act 4, scene 3. During this scene, Emilia is truly worried about Desdemona and her problems with Othello. . Desdemona tells her, “Even his stubbornness, his restraints, his frowns – please, unblock me – have grace and favor in them (line 21).” She also tells Emilia if she were to die before her to wrap her body using the bed sheets. At first Emilia thinks it's just "talk", but Desdemona begins to tell her about the song she learned from her mother's maid.2