White&Black Men > White&Black Women

In the novels Things Fall Apart and The Poisonwood Bible, the perspectives are extremely different. One is from an African perspective of living and seeing the white people come. The other is white women adjusting to living in Africa. No matter the differences, there is one striking similarity. Both main male characters in the novel behave the same and are sexist against women despite being from two different places.

Nathan Price and Okonkwo are quite similar men, despite obvious differences. Nathan is white and Okonkwo is black. Nathan has one wife and Okonkwo has many. Nathan is Christian, and Okonkwo is not. But besides those differences there are more similarities. Both have short, fiery tempers. They always snap at those around them angrily. They both are extmely passionate about what they believe in. They are very confident in being strong enough to be well known in their communities, whether that be physically or otherwise. They don't always have their families best interests at heart (Okonkwo kills a boy who calls him father and Nathan won't Baptize Ruth May by herself, it has to be ceremoniously). And lastly, they both beat their wives and children.

I think Nathan feels so strongly about women attributes being wrong for the same reason Okonkwo does. He thinks it shows weakness. But more than that, because he's a hard core crazy type Christian, he probably believes women are the devil sex because Eve was the one who convinced Adam to eat Forbidden Fruit and get them banished from the Garden of Eden. He believes that just proves women are the weaker and more conniving sex. He thinks that women stray from God more and use their bodies promiscuously. He thinks they have weaker will power and less intelligence. He says an education is a waste on a girl, showing he does not believe they are capable of learning which makes them dumb.