In the book "Cry, Our Beloved Country" the author, Alan Paton, makes several comments than are surprisingly sexist. They are subtle, however, because of the typical sexist attitude that binds modern thinking. By simply saying, "Then she sat down at his table, and put her head on it, and was silent, with the patient suffering of black women (also racist comment), with the suffering of oxen, with the suffering of any that are mute." (p40), Paton illustrates how the women had no say in the business of the men, and that their role was to keep silent about important affairs. Alan also demonstrates men's superiority over women in the dialogue on page 40 saying, "I have been saving that for your new stove.." "I had meant it for your new black clothes, and new black hat, and new white collars." The differences in what the money would buy for the man and women show their different roles in society, as well as the differing amounts of respect that accompanies those roles.