In "Boys and Girls" Munro has kept her main character nameless, like she has no importance to the world and has named the brother of this unknown narrator "Laird" which mean 'Lord'. This is yet another way to show the superiority of males at the time. In the end of the story when the father finds out that the girl lets Flora run out on purpose , " Never mind, she's only a girl," the narrator reacts by saying " I didn't protest that, even in my heart, maybe it was true" This shows that she eventually fell into the female stereotype and would now have no place in the barn, instead her brother would take her place as the strong and worthy person to help his father and she would be working in the kitchen from now on. In " A Rose for Emily" Faulkner shows Emily to be helpless after her father dies, her life jus crumbles down upon her, and she almost went insane. When Homer tried to leave her, she killed him. Then she hired a black male to do all her work. Faulkner is trying to show that Emily needs the support of a man at all times, and cannot function normally on her own. This again shows how woman were considered weak and helpless on their own and need a male figure to make the decisions.
             Clearly both authors Munro and Faulkner are trying to indicate the superiority of males in their times, and have successfully done this by the use of good perspectives, symbolism and character.
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