Professional men keep long hours, though they might be able to do all their work in half the time they spend in their offices.
The theory of the Old South contemplated different spheres of activity for men and women.

The combined influence of St.Paul and Sir Walter Scott is responsible for a part of this theory, though its development was probably inevitable from the structure of society in the Old South.
A woman's place was the home.

As a girl she might live for enjoyment and spend her time in a round of visits, but she was expected to give up frivolity of all sorts when she married.

Society in the South was almost entirely the concern of the unmarried.

Women seldom took a prominent part in any organization, and a woman speaking in public was regarded as a great curiosity.