on their way to town. Women on the other hand, did not have this luxury. Another problem women faced were societies out look on women. They lived in a male dominated society which author Glaspell made clear. In the short story the male characters do their official work by themselves. The men talk to the men and the women are left talking by themselves. When the to genders do interact the author simulates a tone portraying men as arrogant sexist. One good example of males poking fun of the opposite sex is when the women notice that all her fruit jars are broken. Mr. Peters says, “Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder, and worrying about her preserves” (Glaspell 264). In actuality the men do not realize what the women had to do to actually make the fruit. Susan Glaspell constantly provides the men with lines such as “women are used to worrying about trifles” (Glaspell 264). Those kinds of things give men a bad name. Ms Glaspell provides further evidence of a male dominated society by the fact that the women were housewives. At this point in history most women did not work and if they did it was not for enough money to eat with. Men dominated the business world while the women were the queens of the kitchen.Lack of beauty for ones self and their surroundings were a major problem for farmwomen. The lack of beauty does not seem like a big deal, but when there is no one to talk to problems can occur. In “A Jury of her Peers” the lack of beauty was a major factor in the plot. It is the main reason Minnie Foster killed her husband. Mr. Foster was a hard man and was away from the house all day long. Author Glaspell gives us the impression that even when he was home there was not much conversation. Minnie on the other hand, stayed at the house all day long by herself so she went out and bought a canary. The author gives us the background information that as a young girl Minnie ha...
