In the third chapter of The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner presents the story to us through Jason’s perspective. From the beginning, we can determine his personality and his attitude towards women because of the words he utilizes. He seems to be a man who only cares about himself, even though he has taken the economic responsibility for the family after his father died due to alcoholism. However, he does not worry about Benjy, his mother, or his niece Quentin. He is a selfish, emotionless, and ambitious man. Jason lies to his mother, to Caddy, and to Quentin and takes the money that Caddy sends for her daughter. 

Jason thinks that women should be controlled and that he is actually the person who can control the women in his family. He states, “If you want me to control her, just say so and keep your hands off. Everytime I try to, you come butting in and then she gives both of us the laugh” (Faulkner, 181). In these lines, Jason is talking with his mother about Quentin because he believes that he needs to control her because she is skipping school. He is the type of person that believes that he must mistreat someone in order to make them follow the right path. This is the easiest way for him to make Quentin understand that she should attend school, instead of sitting and talking to her calmly so that she could realize what is best for her. 

Nonetheless, for Jason, women deserve no respect, and that he can treat them the way he wants. We are able to see an example of this when he is hitting Quentin and Dilsey gets in between them to protect Quentin, “She held to my arm. Then the belt came out and I jerked loose and flung her away. She stumbled into the table. She was so old she couldn’t do any more than move hardly. But that’s all right: we need somebody in the kitchen to eat up the grub the young ones cant tote off” (Faulkner, 185). Through these words, we are able to realize how terrible Jason’s personality is because he thinks that women are in this world to be in the kitchen and take care of the house. The fact that Jason is the only person who works in the house, except Caddy, who sends money for her daughter, makes Jason consider that he has the right to hit, offend and lie to the women in this house. 

According to Jason, women are not capable of being productive. He mentions, “I opened her letter first and took the check out. Just like a woman. Six days late. Yet they try to make men believe that they’re capable of conducting a business” (Faulkner, 190). Based on his own words, women are not capable of being entrepreneurs, be in front of a business, and conduct it properly for it to progress. He considers that important jobs are for men, and women are just left out with house chores, etc. Nevertheless, he takes the money that Caddy sends for Quentin, and makes use of it, only for his convenience leaving Quentin without the money her mother provides for her support. Hence, we can determine that Jason’s attitude towards women is emotionless, he treats them mercilessly and assumes that their wellbeing is not important.