The situation of women in our society has always been a cause for debate. The term feminism was needed at the end of the 19th century to serve women's collective aspiration for gender equality in a society hitherto subject to male domination. Historically, there are prejudices and acts against women that have led to discrimination against them. In legal terms, as in the world of work and family, it was in the second half of the twentieth century that new rights for women were established and implemented. From then on it is not only in terms of legal equality, but also of equality of opportunities that the question of relations between men and women arises. I will compare and contrast “You Leave Them” written by Mona Simpson with the short story composed by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour.” In these stories, both authors clearly express a common theme of feminism. Focusing my essay on the topic of feminism, I will first analyze the authors' past experience and then associate how it contributes in both of their stories. I will conclude my essay by describing how the authors respond to the absence of male vision. For starters, both women did not have their father present. After researching Simpson's life, I discovered that when he was young, his parents separated and he lived with his mother. He moved to California with her. Going to California was a big step for her and her mother after her father abandoned the family. I think this happens often and that only women have responsibility for their children even though the father is free to do what he wants. In California he found a kind of freedom he didn't have in the past. Mona longed to reunite with her father, which she did, but he......in the midst of society......at the Society, Chopin expressed freedom as the "possession of self-affirmation. This lack of male vision of influence life to take influences from other men. In Simpson's story, there are some clear feminist ideas that she portrays in her stories, probably due to the lack of a prominent male figure in her life be obvious, especially when he thought "And who knows, maybe I'll meet someone tonight, you never know. And I would hate to meet the right man when I have the wrong shoe. “I feel like she was just looking for a man to love and a man to love her. In her life, Simpson had a brother, known as Steve Jobs who she met when she was in her twenties. I found it extremely interesting that he is so closely related to Steve Jobs According to a biography on Mona Simpson: “The couple, despite their long separation, developed a close bond as adults.”