Role of Women in Patriarchal Hierarchical Societies

Patriarchal hierarchical societies are the ones in which the status of the men and the women in terms of power is segregated. In such societies, the men hold more power in all spheres of social life which makes the women weak. This paper has been written with regards to the role of women in patriarchal hierarchical societies, more specifically the comparison of the three books, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell.

Kincaid has written that the girls and the women are overpowered by the men as they are ...