Women characters in the hands of men writers

When developing their characters in Malay literary work, writers often portray negative and positive images. There are those of the opinion that women are often one-sidedly portrayed, especially in works by men writers. Siti Hawa Salleh, a literary researcher, mentioned in her essaythat men writers often depict women characters as being most pathetic (Dewan Masyarakat, 1969:41). This matter was also acknowledged by Elaine Showalter when she gave the female qualities written by male writers in a theory which she had put forth. (Copied from article)