“The Story of an Hour” describes an unhappy wife's sense of freedom when she discovers that her husband has died. This represents how a wife is considered property of her husband and should not have a life of her own outside of marriage. This idea is also shown in “The Storm”, another wife, unhappy in her marriage, begins an affair with a former lover. In addition to the idea of ​​life outside of marriage, this also introduces the idea of ​​female sexuality. At the time, female sexuality was never discussed and was even believed to not exist. If the topic was brought up, sexual desire was described as dangerous and something women should avoid at all costs. Chopin was concerned with the way women were treated within their marriages and the power imbalance between women and their husbands. Husbands could go to work and lead their own lives outside of living with their wives, while wives were forced to stay at home, as they could not have a job of their own. Both stories represent how this inequality is not fair and women can have a life of their own; They are not their property