Paton makes a clear distinction in the roles of both female and male. Males are clearly the superior gender back then, unlike today. The men are involved in decision making, and the women get no say in the matter. Women are seen as weaker, and less intelligent. "...some with blankets over the semi-nudity of their primitive dress, though these were all women. Men traveled no longer in primitive dress."(43) In this quote it shows that men look at women as sort of a disgrace; they dress in a matter that no man would dare wear. These examples effect the text by showing men just walk all over women, and it gives us readers a biased perspective of the story. Me being a girl, I do not think this is fair at all. I think women are stronger than men in many ways, and for them not to think that is extremely rude. Paton even says, "Then she sat down at his table, and put her head on it,and was silent, with the patient suffering of black women, with the suffering of oxen, with the suffering of any that are mute "(40). This just shows that men's decisions and choices hurt women. In this story I feel like there is a lack of consideration and care for women in general; the focus is mostly on the problems men are facing.
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