The theme of femininity is shown in great respect in Adrienne Rich's poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers". Rich's poem has a similar theme to Tillie Olson's "I stand here Ironing." These two writings both represent how society was critical of women's roles. Although they are both based on the same social theme, Rich's poetry has a much stronger impact on his readers. Rich's poetry is easier to identify with because it explains women's struggle and desire for success and freedom. Rich explains the "weight" of Aunt Jennifer's wedding ring, which represents her bad marriage. This is easier for readers to relate to because it is a common problem in society. Women are often considered inferior and weaker than men and Rich represents this in many forms. Aunt Jennifer's wedding ring is "heavy" on her hand, which prevents her from being able to do her job. This was depicted by showing how men often held women back from showing their talent. Olson's poetry also represents a lack of feminism, but it is based on older times and takes a different path. Olson's poem represents a man's ability to leave women and children to fend for themselves. This is harder for readers to understand because there may be a lot of criticism about why the man left and how the wife could have taken better care of her family. Olson's poem not only shows the weakness of the mother but also shows the effect on her daughter. Rich's poetry is stronger because it better criticizes the way society viewed women, although Olson and Rich both used a similar approach to portray the expected role of women. In Rich's poem, Aunt Jennifer is sewing, and in Olson's poem the mother is ironing. Both authors took this approach because they wanted to show what society expects… middle of the paper… to be stay-at-home moms. Rich portrays her female character as the traditional stay-at-home mom character who is expected to do household chores and raise her family. Although both authors took a feminist approach, they took two different paths to represent it. Due to these two approaches, the authors showed different problems in society. The approach of having a traditional woman was more successful for Rich because it was more common for someone to suffer from it at the time. Olson's story was powerful but was considered unusual because it was very rare for women to be alone with their children. Rich took a better approach by showing how women who followed "tradition" still suffered from society's cruelty. Rich's poem critiqued society better by showing that no woman was treated properly, regardless of the role she played.