In the "Infection in the Sentence", the author states, "locked into structures created by and for men, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women writers did not so much rebel against the prevailing aesthetic as feel guilty about their inability to conform to it" (pg. 75). The women during these times were oppressed by male domination. They were expected to be reserved, obedient and well-mannered, hence which resulted in women's anxiety towards authorship. Virginia Woolf frequently used the theme …showed first 75 words of 1354 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1354 total…to use pen names in order to hide their true identity. Due to such oppression of women writers, it was difficult for them to take ownership and confidence in the works that they produced. Until these women could break free from such expectations and by overcoming their phantom, they will always have anxiety towards their authorship, and Virginia Woolf portrays this concept well in her works, "A Room of One's Own" and "Professions for Women".