According to the Merriam -Webster online dictionary, an assumption is the belief that something is true or a fact or statement taken for granted. Susan Glaspell wrote "Trifles" to demonstrate the male assumption that women are insignificant members in a male-dominated society. Because men underestimate them, women are able to demonstrate that they are not insignificant. Men's improper assumptions about women can have disastrous consequences, as demonstrated in Glaspell's world. Fighting these narcissistic assumptions displayed by men can lead to a unity among women that can overcome any disrespect and oppression caused by men. The title of this drama "Trifles" demonstrates how men have the belief that women and their respective actions are seemingly unimportant. Nonsense can be used in two forms in the English language. In verb form, trifle means to treat someone or something as unimportant or inessential. The word trifle in the noun form means something of little value or importance. Both definitions of this word give the idea in this story that women are seen as trivial and are not worthy of respect from men. This idea is conveyed throughout the story by the belittling assumptions and attitudes that men use towards women. For example, Hale says, “Well, women are used to worrying about trifles” (1003). Typically, a kitchen represents women's work and the idea of ​​domesticity. In Glaspell's eyes, men tend to assume that nothing important happens in the kitchen and this may be linked to the idea that women are insignificant. As Glaspell, COUNTY ATTORNEY writes. I guess we'll go upstairs first and then out into the barn and around there. Are you satisfied that there was nothing of importance here, nothing that would indicate a motive? SHERIFF. There's nothing here but kitchen stuff. COUNTY ATTORNEY. Here's a nice mess (1002). This supports the idea that men see women and their respective actions as incompetent and trivial. Another way Glaspell demonstrates the assumption that men see women as insignificant is by conveying men's attitudes toward a woman's job.