Chapter 2 "The Broom Tree"

The women in  the stories: Broom Tree and The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam play similar roles in the society. In both stories the relationships happen secretly, and since the men posses majority of the power over the relationship they believe that its only necessarily to visit their wife when something important happens, or when they are in desperate need of help.  

For instance, In the story "The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam" the mother Tahmine was left home alone taking care of her child Sohrab while her husband was off to fighting wars. In the story "The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam" Tahmine lets Rostam know that she has a son but never gives out details about him that's because If Rostam find out what kind of brave and noble warrior Sohrab is he would take him away from her mother. This shows that Rostam would show interest only if it relates to him somehow.

While In Chapter 2, page 2193 of "The Broom Tree"  the men were hard to please and would wonder away for a really long time not seeing their admirer, and in the meantime the woman  would give birth to her child alone. The men would only come to visit their admirer when they feel like it and think it's necessary, if the woman seems untroubled then "I stayed away for rather a long time", but if they think that "The woman was desperately lonely and worried for the child she had borne" then "I went to see her again".

As mentioned before it either has to benefit the male somehow or make him feel that he is needed in a situation for him actually to take action to the situation. Both stories relate to each other while in " The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam" Tahmine keeps a secret about her sons powers, and in "The Broom Tree" the visit of the man depends on the woman if she is troubled or untroubled.