Do you think Cather is saying something about the importance of women in Russian society through the wolf anecdote?

Pavel told the groom that he must throw his bride out of the sled in order to make it lighter, and then he knocked both bride and groom out of the sled. Peter saw nothing. Peter and Pavel were the only two people who survived, and they were shunned by everyone in their village. They had to leave Russia and saved enough money to come to America.I think this shows women to be held in less regard than men.