I find it difficult to reach a conclusion, but I am tempted to say that both Chaucer and Langland do not treat women as a distinct class. William Langland and Geofffrey Chaucer have in common the satirical view point in which their works are done. From a subtle but elaborated language, both of them reflect women's gender roles in patriarchal society.
In medieval times women were considered inferior beings. This statement came strongly supported by the Church, where, according to the Bible Eve was guilty of the first sin and temped Adam to sin also and of the rest of the sins committed by men. So that’s mainly why women didn't have any control on their fate. By using characters like Baths wife in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales