In her article “Murder Of a Songbird”Christina Baica she relies “Silent Justice in a Different Key” by Holstein, Suzy Clarkson and “Changes in Women’s Role Participation.” by Lewis, Gwendolyn L to discuss gender roles, in order to make the claim that women were too often treated as less than, and in this case for her marriage she felt murder was the only way out. She elaborates on the interactions between the males and females and how much their men value them as people in terms of sharing more and being able to equally dominate or simply respect one another. Biacas story has more so confirmed my thoughts on the thoughts and relationship men and women have between each other on the daily and not only back in the day where Rifles was set…show more content… This is shown in many ways throughout her article “Murder of a songbird” for example in her second paragraph Christina says “During the 1800s women were not seen as equals when it came to power, making decisions and wealth”. This is backed up by the article “Changes in Women’s Role Participation.” Women and Sex Roles by Lewis, Gwendolyn L when he endorses that in fact “women assumed the role of wife, then homemaker, and then mother and at the same time, a worker around the house”. At the very beginning Baica stated “Every last piece of sanity vanished because of isolation and the bitter transformation from a young lady to a desolate farmhouse wife”. Holstein also agrees with her when she says “Minnie Foster was a victim who at last retaliated against the source of her pain”. And according to Lewis during the 19 century single and married women could be seen as unpaid laborers in the…show more content… Baicas states “ even with all the hard work women would do, it was not uncommon for the hard work to be taken for granted”. Glaspell shows this when the county attorney says “Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper, would you say ladies?” Mrs. Hale shows the correlation of thought between male and female by acknowledging that working around a farm isn't easy and that there is much work to be done around a
