Connections: Part 2

Similar to men having some form of connection involving power justification, women also have connections unknowingly.

In "A Jury of Her Peers", by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters come to a point in which they could give evidence that Minnie Foster is a murderer or hide the evidence. "Slowly, unwillingly, Mrs. Peters turned her head until her eyes met the eyes of he other woman. There was a moment when they held each other in a steady, burning look in which there was no evasion or flinching. Then Martha Hale's eyes pointed the way to the basket in which was hidden the thing that would make certain the conviction of the other woman--that woman who was not there and yet who had been there with them all through that hour." This passage exemplifies a connection of empathy and understanding these women had for Minnie Foster. These women felt the pain and loneliness that Minnie Foster experience being all shut up in this house.

In "Brothers and Sisters Around the World", by Andrea Lee, the narrator slapped this women for flirting with her husband. A few days later, she finds the women returned and they confront each other. Immediately, the narrator and the two women stare at each other. The narrator then says, "all three of us know perfectly well that the man-- my European husband-- was just an excuse, a playing field for our curiosity. The curiosity of sisters separated before birth and flung by the caprice of history half a world away from each other. Now in this troublesome way our connection has been established." Even after this tension and disagreement they shared, she connects with these women. Calls them sisters even.

These connections make one wonder, "where does it come from?". In my opinion, I think most of it is that we are just naturally the same. Women share many of the same experiences. For example, menstruation or child birth. Natural experiences like these that almost all women have create a huge bridge that connects all women. Even so, these mysterious connections that men an women have can't really be explained, but are very interesting to think about and attempt to understand.