Defined by her virginity, lauded for limitless humility and submission, she is the idealized woman of misogynistic fanatics, in her own words a ‘handmaid (i.e. slave) of the Lord’.
Kakabit na ng kanyang kabirhenan, at hinahangaan dahil sa kanyang walang hanggang kaamuan at kababaang-loob, si Maria ang huwarang babae ng mga panatikong misohinista, isang “alipin ng Panginoon”, ayon na rin sa kanyang sariling salita.