Margaret Atwood's Story, Simmering

In Margaret Atwood's short story "Simmering," gender roles and norms are suddenly reversed. The women grow tired of making "butterscotch brownies" and "Jell-O salads" and want to "make money," (Atwood, p. 45). The men, in contrast, take to the kitchen like they once took to football. In an inspired bit of clowning, Atwo

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