The author establishes the harsh moments woman are put through to withstand a man's judgment. The “assumed superiority” men have, Dodge fights against that belief by pressing “the arrow” men constantly stab women with to her heart. Dodge gives a different view how strong a female could be to undermine herself to let a man be superior. However, the arthur displays courage and lets the woman know that they are equal to men and not to be a housewife but to fight for their equality. The writer gets to woman by express that they shouldn’t be a “weak-minded woman” but “strong minded” she shows that women could do a man's job like to “write poetry.” Women fought the constant assumption of their inferiority however Dodge exemplifies the empowerment
