The depictions of the characters are, in their view, both sexist and emasculating. Instead, she is an emasculating force and represents Samson's past failings. Emasculating him thus deprived Noah of the possibility of a fourth son. More specifically, "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" positions the image of a woman as emasculating. The story centers on a beleaguered small-business owner with anger issues and seven emasculating sisters. The Khitan people of northeast Asia also adopted the Chinese practice of emasculating slaves.