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Men, although are viewed by society as the strong cornerstone’s of their wives lives, are not as strong as they appear. In both texts it is referred to that men do not address the needs of women. When faced with emotional issues that their wives are experiencing, or even difficult situations that they are facing, men avoid helping. They do not know how to handle another person’s hurting. For example, even though Mr. Pontellier recognizes Edna’s troubles, he does nothing to help her.

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“One piece which that lady played Edna had entitled ‘Solitude.’  It was a short, plaintive, minor strain.  The name of the piece was something else, but she called it ‘Solitude.’” (Chopin 209).

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“To appreciate the importance of fitting every human soul for independent action, think for a moment of the immeasurable solitude of self.  We come into the world alone, unlike all who have gone before us; we leave it alone under peculiar circumstances to ourselves” (Stanton 1-2).

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According to Stanton and Chopin’s depiction of a mother, they are typically viewed as being weak and constantly protected from life by her husband. For a mother, their soul purpose in life is dedicated to looking after their children and worshiping their husbands, in doing so they are subsequently viewed in an angelic light.  Stanton and character Edna, created by Chopin, both challenge the societal expectation of the role of a mother.

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Men, although are viewed by society as the strong cornerstone’s of their wives lives, are not as strong as they appear. In both texts it is referred to that men do not address the needs of women. When faced with emotional issues that their wives are experiencing, or even difficult situations that they are facing, men avoid helping. They do not know how to handle another person’s hurting. For example, even though Mr. Pontellier recognizes Edna’s troubles, he does nothing to help her.

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“Man’s love and sympathy enter only into the sunshine of our lives” (Stanton 3).

"Whatever the theories may be of woman's dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens" (Stanton 3).

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"It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we would assume like a garment with which to appear before the world" (Chopin 75).

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“It was easy to know them [“mother women”], fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels” (Chopin 181).

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“The young wife and mother, at the head of some establishment with a kind husband to shield her from the adverse winds of life, with wealth, fortune and position has a certain harbor of safety, secure against the ordinary ills of life. But to manage a household, have a desirable influence in society, keep her friends and the affections of her husband, train her children and servants well, she must have rare common sense, wisdom, diplomacy, and knowledge of human nature” (Stanton 2).