Jury of Her Peers

How Gender Roles Affect “A Jury of Her Peers” Since the time when Eve set herself apart from Adam by consuming the forbidden fruit, there always has been vast differences in the way men and women conduct themselves. These differences are very common among sexes, and are also easy to distinguish. For instance, more women tend to cry in sad movies than men do. This is because women are more emotional than men and can …

…Whether or not hiding the evidence was morally wrong or not, they concluded if they were in Minnie Foster's shoes they would do the same thing too. Glaspell did a great job in displaying the contrasts in the way women and men conduct themselves. By dividing the men and women in the story and observing the outcome of the investigation, you can understand how sometimes thinking logically is not always the best thing to do.