# Pain — Women and Economics character guide

> Pain in Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-women-and-economics

## Who they are

An abstract concept personified briefly in the narrative.

## In the story

### [Proem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/proem)

Personified as an entity that man claims to know and overcome after gaining wisdom.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced as something women endure in the context of excessive devotion and abuse within marriage.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned in the context of the biological effects of the sexuo-economic relation, though not as a personified character.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned in the context of the medieval tournament's brutality, contrasted with modern economic competition.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/vii)

Personified as a force that women have borne for the sake of human progress, now no longer necessary.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xi)

Referenced metaphorically in the context of human suffering from poor nutrition and adulteration.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xii)

Referenced as a character in the context of the home's influence, though not directly quoted.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xv)

Referenced in the context of savage virtues requiring endurance of pain and arduous exertion as an economic necessity for the hunter.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/characters