Female oppressionThe narrator of the protagonist in Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening said: “Even as a child she had lived her little life entirely within herself. Very early he had instinctively perceived the double life: that external existence that conforms, the internal life that questions." In past societies, women were oppressed by male figures. They all had something in them that wanted to conform to get ahead with society, but they also had an inner self that wanted to rebel. According to Eagley, Wood, and Fishbaugh (1981), women are more interested than men in the quality of interpersonal relationships. Therefore, females evaluate conformity as a more positive and self-defining act than males. Women are seen as more sensitive towards others and therefore conform more to maintain a state of peace within themselves. However, people's actions can vary from day to day. You always find yourself questioning past actions and wishing you had done something else. This also applies to women's actions of conformity and their desire to rebel to counteract their previous actions. Kate Chopin is a writer who has written extensively on the topic of female oppression. Two of these stories are The Story of an Hour and The Tempest. The hour-long story is about a woman who has a lot of controversy inside her. She wants to conform to the outside and make it seem like the event that happened absolutely destroyed her, even though that isn't the case. She continues to fight the urge to conform and rebel against the previous male figure that held her back in her mind. The Storm tells the story of a woman who is a complete mess inside her emotional self. As there is a figurative "storm" flowing within her, there is also a physical... middle of paper... date without which she would not be able to live a life on her own. being oppressed by her husband and marriage. Oppression is something that can be addressed in many different ways. One person may want to rebel internally, while another may want to take physical action. There are many ways people deal with things, some are more effective and have different results than others. Many women rebelled after being oppressed by society in the 19th century. Works Cited Eagly, A.H., Wood, W., and Fishbaugh. L. (1981). Sex differences in conformity: In-group surveillance as a determinant of male nonconformity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40(2), 384-394Santee, R. T., & Jackson, S. E. (1882). Identity implications of conformity: Sex differences in normative and attributional judgments. Social psychology quarterly, 45(2), 121-125