In "Haunted House/Haunted Heroine: Female Gothic Closets in The Yellow Wallpaper", Carol Davison argues that the narrator represents the Female Gothic mode which uses the supernatural to further political ends. The political ends are autonomy and owning the path to one's own identity, which was difficult for women in the nineteenth century. Davison states that female Gothic is different from male Gothic because the former uniquely repressed fears and doubts due to their gender. roles and expectations (50). The Female Gothic is concerned about her lost self and wants authority. Davison states that Jane emphasizes authority in writing "The Yellow Wallpaper": "Authority" is crucial as her concerted act of secretly telling her side of the world. The story, her unofficial version of events, is outlawed by her paternalist husband who…”refuses to believe she is seriously ill” (Davison 56). , with the former using rational, cold science, while the latter is based on personal experiences and social interactions (Davison 57). Male doctors recommend phosphates or phosphides – whatever they are, and tonics, and travel, and air, and exercise, and are absolutely forbidden to work, while she personally does not agree with their ideas because she thinks that “a job congenial, with excitement and change, it would do her good” (Gilman). These differences in treatments highlight the political nature of the story, as it questions the rational medical structure as part of a patriarchal society that does not actually help women with psychological problems.