The Victorian era, as depicted in Jane Eyre, was a time of extreme gender inequality and households being dominated by the patriarchs. Although a prominent change in attitudes towards this social matter could be seen towards the end of the Victorian era, the question arose know as “The Woman Question”. This short essay will address it in terms of what is was seen as, why it was asked and why it was an important part of the women’s lives. As mentioned above, the Jane Eyre milieu was Victorian. This meant that women and men were not treated in the same manner. Women did not receive the same opportunities and advantages as the men did, for example: women were not always given the right to education or working in offices. The term “ideal femininity”