In the late 1800’s, where the story takes place, women had just started to fight for their rights. However, Jane didn’t demand things to go her way as much as she should’ve because no women really had rights during this time period. Since women didn’t have rights they weren’t dominant in marriage, everything wasn’t a mutual agreement between spouses it was more of a males say so. Gilman gives the readers examples of Jane’s impact on John and how she didn’t exactly impact his decision making skills at
In the late 1800’s, where the story takes place, women had just started to fight for their rights. However, Jane didn’t demand things to go her way as much as she should’ve because no women really had rights during this time period. Since women didn’t have rights they weren’t dominant in marriage, everything wasn’t a mutual agreement between spouses it was more of a males say so. Gilman gives the readers examples of Jane’s impact on John and how she didn’t exactly impact his decision making skills at