Secondly, Fabliaux as a genre tend to break the social norms and both the Fisherman Of Pont-Sur-Seine and the Berengier Of The Long Ass demonstrate the break the walls of these gender expectations and traditional gender roles in society. In Lois Tyson’s book, Critical Theory Today A User-Friendly Guide states “traditional gender roles cast men as rational, strong, protective, and decisive; they cast women as emotional (irrational), weak, nurturing, and submissive” (85). Here Lois Tyson is describing the traditional gender roles and what the social norms are for both men and women. In the fabliau the Fisherman Of Pont-Sur-Seine, the husband upheld his traditional roles as the man of the house, “each day the young man would depart to fish;