The only entry I could find in the dictionary for "pitted" is something that is covered with indentations or small holes. So....what does this word mean in this context?
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taking the opposite side or view.
It means someone is caused to be or encouraged to be against someone else as in an argument or a fight.
In your sentence, the words "pitted against" mean that the women of the play work opposite the men - whatever the female characters do or whatever they are is in opposition to the male characters.
Pitted against means set in opposition to, as in the red team was pitted against the blue team.
It is as the others said, It derives from dog fighting or rooster fighting, where two animals were put in a pit to fight each other for the entertainment and gambling of people.
Pit Bulls (dogs) were bred especially for this fighting.
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