Although the child does not experience the same exploitation or oppression that the women in, “Rotten Fruit” and “The Youngest Doll” encounter, all characters are placed in a society where men are provided with the most power and those in minority groups are victimized as a direct result. In the short story, “Rotten Fruit”, the fruit packers demand that they be given proper working conditions and be treated with the same respect as their male counterparts. However, the men deny the women the rights that they require to sustain themselves. As a result, a strike is initiated, which leads to chaos as well as the further oppression of those that are vulnerable. Nevertheless, the way that conflict is able to materialize in “Rotten Fruit”, resembles
