Question

Explain how Mr. Hales question, "But the women know a clue if they did come upon it? demonstrates the men's attitude toward the women in "A jury of Her Peers"

Answer 1

Throughout this short story, male characters overlook things, ideas, and actions that they associate with women. Gender roles are clearly delineated, and the men are uninterested in womanly things (domestic tasks and possessions, such as the canning jars of fruit). This attitude reflects the male characters’ similar attitudes toward the women themselves. The men suppose that the information they seek could not be among the unimportant womanly things.