The Oppression Of Women In Calixta By Kate Chopin

In the beginning of the story, Calixta is doing a household chore which is a good example of how marriage is constraint without freedom at home. The author points out that “She sat at a side window sewing furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching storm” (Chopin 2). This shows that she is completely centered on finishing her housewifely responsibility that shows how she is constraint and expects to do her domestic tasks at home. The oppression of women stems to a great extent from men's desire for control and power. A similar need which, all through history, has driven men to enslave different countries, and to oppress different classes in their own society, drives them to command and oppress