Gender Roles Gender plays a large role in the lives of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. Women are viewed differently than men. As Jem says in the book, “Girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so” (45). This quote demonstrates how girls and their imaginations are seen as weaker than males. If you were imagining things you were childish and not as important in society. The author also brings to light this concept of girls being weaker than males when the author states, “He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me” (46). This proves that men viewed women as property and not as fellow humans. Women were there for when they wanted them and then when