A Jury of Her Peers

Throughout A Jury of Her Peers, the men think women are dumb, but they still play along with whatever the women are doing (they got to keep the wife pleased). Most of the time, what the men say or do is ironic but slightly true. An example of this would be when the men talk about how women just worry about little things and then Mrs. Hale thinks, "With all Mrs. Hale's emotions came the fear that maybe harry wasn't dressed warm enough-they hadn't any of them realized how that north wind did bite." The men stereotype women, but this stereotype turns out to be true with Mrs. Hale because she spends a majority of the story worrying about seemingly unrelated things like leaving her flour half done or whether her son is properly dressed for the weather. Despite this stereotype, the men think the women are not very intelligent, but the women hide all of their revelations from the men. The men think the barn will give them clues about the crime that occurred in the house while the women continue looking in the place that would actually make sense to look.The women find the clues of the bird and the quilt, but they again fall into the men's stereotype that the women are "true to their own sex." The women do not give the men the evidence for her motivation. Thus, the title is explained: A Jury of Her Peers. The evidence is known only to the people who can sympathize with her, so there will be no evidence to show the court for her motive.