"The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilbert and Gubar
Gilbert and Gubar thought of the narrator of the "Yellow Wallpaper" as a double of Gilman. I agree with them when they stated that "the female author enacts her own raging desire to escape male houses, and male texts....". I think it is a given that women and men react differently about imprisonment. Not trying to be sexist, but it is true. That is why the "cure was worst than the disease". I think that Gilman used a piece what actually happens in reality and made into something that became the heart of the story.
Yes, Kevin, of course they see imprisonment differently...just as men and women see many other things differently. We are different. It is bound to occur and I think sometimes people forget that that is ok. We might not ever completely understand each other, but I think it is at least fair and realistic to recognize that we will of course see things differently and not automatically think that it is a bad thing.