As one can assume, Virginia Woolf has opposing views on the standards of how men and women are perceived in society. She strategically creates a parallelism of the treatment of men and women when speaking of their meals, which in reality is an example of how women are treated as second-class citizens. Woolf supports her claims by giving detailed and shortened examples in both passages. The difference in tone in these selections are well-arrayed to convey a strong and real message to her readers.
It is evident in Woolf’s argumentation, she defines the status of men’s superior servings by using words such as “succulent,” “rich” and “profound,” to describe their meal, whereas the women’s meals are portrayed as “plain,” “sufficient,” and “dry.”