TEWWG pg 43

Text: "Thank yuh feh'yo compliments, but mah wife don't know nothign bout no speech-makin. Ah never married her for nothign like dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home....

The idea that men view woman as item to do house work comes up again. Jody upsets Janie when he doesn't give her a chance to say anything before he decides she cant give a speach. Zora must have had a poor view on many men and thought they didn't respect woman and underestimated them.