Gender discrimination is discriminations based on gender or sex and they can be seen through many countries or fiction and nonfiction texts. In Trifles, a fiction play written by Susan Glaspell, talks the investigation after the murder of John Wright, the victim. This play shows the discrimination between the men and women because while investigating the men disregard the evidences that are perceive as feminine things. This discrimination is related to situations stated by the two nonfiction texts, Philosophical and Political Issues Surrounding Genders and Introduction to Moral Issues. Based on Trifles and the two nonfiction texts, the effect of stereotype devalues women and regard them as inferior to men. The effect also shows women are able
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Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are able to empathize with Mrs. Wright and know each other better as the men bash them. While the men are investigating upstairs, Mrs. Hale regrets about not visiting Mrs. Wright to Mrs. Peters, “I could’ve come. I stayed away because it weren’t cheerful-and that’s why I ought to have come” (Glaspell 69). This shows many women feel the same when they are being discriminated by the men. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters increasingly begin to empathize with Minnie Wright and develop and understanding of her life. Then they begin to understand John Wright was a harsh man and forbid his wife to sing or have anything related to singings. They remembered Minnie Wright personal life before married to John Wright. Mrs. Hale says she was like a bird, love to sing and wear colorful clothes. The County Attorney, Sheriff, and Mr. Hale believe John Wright was just the victim but they ignore the fact that he was harsh man and does not like anything. John Wright killed the canary, the only thing that reminds Mrs. Wright of her past life. Mrs. Wright is tired and sick of loneliness and ignorance caused by her husband and the dead canary was the last straw. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters suppresses the evidences because they are able to sympathize with Mrs. Wright and they all have reasons to do so. Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting Mrs. Wright because the house is not “cheerful and lonesome” while Mrs. Peters is able to empathize Mrs. Wright because some boy killed her kitten when she was young and understand the stillness when she lost her first baby. In An Introduction to the Issues explains “It is important to understand the ways in which gender-based expectations are woven into the fabric of everyday life, and it is also important to recognize the extent to which this has changed in little more than one generation in American life” shows gender
Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are able to empathize with Mrs. Wright and know each other better as the men bash them. While the men are investigating upstairs, Mrs. Hale regrets about not visiting Mrs. Wright to Mrs. Peters, “I could’ve come. I stayed away because it weren’t cheerful-and that’s why I ought to have come” (Glaspell 69). This shows many women feel the same when they are being discriminated by the men. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters increasingly begin to empathize with Minnie Wright and develop and understanding of her life. Then they begin to understand John Wright was a harsh man and forbid his wife to sing or have anything related to singings. They remembered Minnie Wright personal life before married to John Wright. Mrs. Hale says she was like a bird, love to sing and wear colorful clothes. The County Attorney, Sheriff, and Mr. Hale believe John Wright was just the victim but they ignore the fact that he was harsh man and does not like anything. John Wright killed the canary, the only thing that reminds Mrs. Wright of her past life. Mrs. Wright is tired and sick of loneliness and ignorance caused by her husband and the dead canary was the last straw. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters suppresses the evidences because they are able to sympathize with Mrs. Wright and they all have reasons to do so. Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting Mrs. Wright because the house is not “cheerful and lonesome” while Mrs. Peters is able to empathize Mrs. Wright because some boy killed her kitten when she was young and understand the stillness when she lost her first baby. In An Introduction to the Issues explains “It is important to understand the ways in which gender-based expectations are woven into the fabric of everyday life, and it is also important to recognize the extent to which this has changed in little more than one generation in American life” shows gender