Chopin explores the stereotypical female role within her short story "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by showing that Mrs. Sommers did everything for the kids and the family before she did anything for herself because she just forgot about herself. For example, when shopping for the children "She had actually forgotten to eat any luncheon at all.” (chopin 1). This means that she would go hungry even though the children have eaten until she got home because she didn’t want to waste any money that she doesn’t have to. Another example of her putting the kids in front of herself is that “it was a long time since Mrs. Sommers had been fitted with gloves” (chopin 2). This example is demonstrating that she doesn’t even get cloths that fit for herself,
