Gender laws have made great progress in the last century. Our communities made a significant impact by promoting integration of women in society, and the legal system has strived to provide protection and gender equality. Yet, back in the 30’s, women were struggling with cases of gender bias and situations regarding human rights. The following stories are a great example of those days, when women could not take a stand in gender equality. “A Jury of Her Peers” by author Susan Glapell stresses how genders analyze situations in a totally different perspective. While, “Lamb to the Slaughter” by author Roald Dahl embellish how a dramatic change in life can transform an innocent housewife into a manipulating killer. Both stories illustrated similar…show more content… In the set of the crime, the two women Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters seems empathized the poor condition of the kitchen, in particular, the stove, while for the men was just a sign of poor hose keeping. In addition, Mrs. Hale aggressively stated, "The law is the law -- and a bad stove is a bad stove. How'd you like to cook on this?" (256). The stove is a symbol attached to Minnie Foster’s life; furthermore, it represents Minnie Foster miserable marriage. Mrs. Hale, who was Mrs. Foster’s neighbor, believe that Mr. Foster spend years abusing his wife, in addition she stated, “But I don't think a place would be any the cheerfuler for John Wright's being' in it" (256). Yet, the men in the story are definitely looking for evidence to incriminate Mrs. Foster, and they overlook the position of a farmer’s wife by mucking the two women who are making arguments about the action of Mrs. Foster. Moreover, one of the men with a great superior attitude dramatized, "Oh, well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (Mr. Hales 256). Ultimately, the two women evaluated the fact the Mrs. Foster never had children, but own a bird that fulfilled her emptiness. They analyzed all the clues and realized that the Mr. Foster killed the precious bird, and Mrs. Foster, filled with anger, murdered him. Meanwhile, the men could not come up with…show more content… Bout stories appeared to be in a domestic setting, but Mrs. Maloney’s house seemed to be much more kept and hospitable than Mr. Foster. The women were victims of an abusing relationship and eventually a dramatic experience; for Mrs. Maloney was the news of her husband leaving while she is expecting his child, and for Mrs. Foster was the death of her precious bird by the violent act of her husband. In both stories the men overlook the position of the women; in “A Jury of Her Peers” they deride the position of housewife, and they looking forward to incriminating Mrs. Foster, while in “Lamb to the Slaughter” they have suspicions about Mrs. Maloney but because she is a pregnant and apparently very kind, they considered her incapable of such a crime. In the end, bout women get away with the crime because the detectives fell to find proves of the crime. Yet, there is a great deal of irony in these stories. The two stories were written in time that was normal treat women as men subordinate, consequentially the law fell to bring justice to many years of abusing life. Yet, the same law that does not protect the two women also fell to bring justice to the abusive husband when they were killed. Mrs. Maloney and Mrs. Foster committed a terrible crime, but are finally free from
