At the beginning, whenever Mrs. Hale criticizes the men for their heavy-handed investigations, Mrs. Peters apologizes for them. However, Mrs. Hale convinces her that true justice would be the punishment of anyone who neglected and isolated Minnie. In a world where women have had no say in the creation of laws, this begs the question of whether women should be expected to follow laws they have never had a say in. The growing evidence unites women and their need to support each other. She highlights the division between "the concept of woman's justice," which involves "social" and "individual influences, along with the details that shaped the specific act," and "[t]he prevailing law [that] is general, and Therefore . . applicable to the specific case (Alkalay-Gut;