Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" is a short story showing the differences between male and female. The men do not see women as equals and do not give them credit for their capabilities. The story images to readers where men are considered superior to women in all actions. The thought from men to women is always negative. There is a major different of belief about male and female, female subjectivity and male objectivity. By dividing the men and women in the story and observing the outcome of the investigation, the readers can understand how sometimes thinking logically is not always the best thing to do.
Most men are considered superior to women in all actions. They just keep complaining how women did wrong. "Would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?"(Mr. Hale 25) The men do not think Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter could figure out of any clue. The County Attorney only assumes that because Mrs. Peter is married to the sheriff her views are that of her husband. "Glaspell underscores here the male/female polarities that she will explore in the course of the play" (Mustazza 263). In the story, the use of only surnames when referring to the women symbolizes the women inferiority to the men. Surnames suggest the women have no individuality. Mrs. Peters becomes known as the Sheriff's wife, since her first name never being mentioned throughout the story. Men are the people that have all the power over a family. In that society, they think that they are always right about what ever they do. In addition, the author presents to us that women should have some rights. When women dont have the rights, they will not favor men in any kind of ways. Instead, they will most likely be on the women side. Women thoughts are not considered because they are closed out of the law making bodies of society. .
The thought from men to women is always in the negative side. Men always trust men, but not women. "Women are used to worrying over trifles" (Mr.
