The men act as if the woman’s duty is small in comparison to what work they do. “I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around criticizing. Of Course it’s no more than their duty.” (Glaspell 946) It was the men’s job to make sure the women did their job correctly, and make sure it was to their own liking. “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here- nothing that would point to any motive. Nothing here but kitchen things.” (Glaspell 944) The Sheriff referring to “kitchen things” shows how the men belittle the woman’s work referring to it as nothing of …show more content…
Women need the same things men need, but men at this time thought the women need to please them by being a house