Women were thought to be inferior, other than their morals and innocence, to men in many ways and were the antithesis of men. The roles of men and women were completely opposite to each other; Men were expected to work away from the family, while women were expected to work at home to take care of children and the household. Women are expected to be chaste and men are expected to be extremely sexual. The Awakening shows good examples of the roles that men and women were forced into