“The Yellow Wallpaper” is similar to “Women and Economics” because it suggests that women are suppressed in their home and that the surroundings in which they live demands to be altered in order to be healthy for their psychological state. Gilman was a humanist who thought that a domesticated environment oppressed women by the paternal opinions carried on by society. Her work agreed with her opinion. She thought that masculine hostility and motherly functions for women were not essential for endurance. Her primary debate was that sexuality and domestic economy went hand in hand. For a woman to survive, she was dependant on her intimate assets to delight her husband so that he would financially support his family. As children, young girls are
