Atticus' talk

The reasoning behind this situation is that Aunt Alexandra somehow forced Atticus to talk to Jem and Scout about living up to the Finches name. When she showed Jem the book written by his cousin Joshua, he told her that Atticus told him about his cousin, but all the bad things. Aunt Alexandra disapproved of this and said "That's all, we'll see about this." That statement that came out of her mouth seemed like the extra kick that made her fall off the cliff, the last thing that made her confront Atticus about his children. That they have to grow up and be not be from the run-of-the-mill people, and live up to the Finches name. Scout has to act like a real girl, and Jem has to act like a gentleman. But, he is not the kind of person to say all of the things that he was saying to his kids.

When Scout thought, "it takes a women to do that kind of work", she meant it took a women to turn a man into something he is not. Turn against his own blood-related kids by saying cruel, hurtful things to them. Also, a women can do that kind of work that is wrong and she can force people into doing things that is not them, that they would not normally do. Aunt Alexandra laid down the orders for Atticus, and he followed them. The women are in charge in this book.