In addition to having their porch abolished, his threats to “...kill and kill again would not be heard by the neighbors,” conveying that the inside of the house holds more than meets the eye. Hooks presents this information without any hesitation, as if sexism was normalized. In the eyes of Mr. V, our patriarchal dad, the porch was the only space that women had, with the awareness of how easy it would be to take away; the only place where “men could look but not touch.” In contrast to the feeling of safety, even in such cases, men could watch and still exert power over women. When women felt they had the most authority, there was always a man prepared to assert control and relegate them back to “their place”. “A female lurking, lingering, lounging on a street corner is seen by everyone, looked at, observed. Whether she wants to be or not she is prey for the predator, for the Man.” In other words, granting women the porch while reinforcing their rules and duties in the house was manipulative, and clearly showed the mistreatment of gender roles. Bell Hooks’ examination of the porch was used as a lens to pay attention to the impact of the patriarchy on women’s