Treatment Of Women In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
Treatment of Women
The Great Depression was one of the most hardfacing time periods of American history. People lost jobs, crash markets dropped, and there wasn’t very much of anything. One thing that happened was women wanted to make a change for once. Being as though they were considered property and had no rights or say up until the Women’s Rights Movement they impacted the Great Depression. In Of Mice and Men reflects the treatment of women during the Great Depression.
While the Great Depression was happening women tried to contribute. They tried helping with work whether it was in a factory with men or home with children. Work was scarce for men which meant it was about twice as hard for women to find a job if they didn’t have one already. …show more content…
Not just Curley’s wife but all women during this time period in general were treated as second class citizens and objects. No one paid attention to them all men cared about was work and making money. They didn’t have time to pay any mind to them. Curley and the rest of the guys on the ranch treat Curley’s wife like she is invisible. George tells Lennie, “Don’t you ever look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen em poison before, but i never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You leave her be,” (Chapter 2). Lennie finds his wife very pretty and the last girl he encountered at Weed she accused him of raping her and they had to flee. George doesn't want Lennie screwing anything up for them to not work anymore. “Curley’s wife wanders around the ranch searching for human contact. She is stereotyped by the men as a tart,” (Source Card #2). The way Curley’s wife acts around the guys is very flirty and like an airhead. She wants to draw attention and wants everyone to looks at her and admire her, but no one will. “Indeed she plays a vamp, which enrages her jealous husband. George tells Lennie to avoid her, calling her poison and jailbait,” (Source Card #2). George does not want Lennie going after Curley’s wife because she shows off and flaunts her body for
The Great Depression was one of the most hardfacing time periods of American history. People lost jobs, crash markets dropped, and there wasn’t very much of anything. One thing that happened was women wanted to make a change for once. Being as though they were considered property and had no rights or say up until the Women’s Rights Movement they impacted the Great Depression. In Of Mice and Men reflects the treatment of women during the Great Depression.
While the Great Depression was happening women tried to contribute. They tried helping with work whether it was in a factory with men or home with children. Work was scarce for men which meant it was about twice as hard for women to find a job if they didn’t have one already. …show more content…
Not just Curley’s wife but all women during this time period in general were treated as second class citizens and objects. No one paid attention to them all men cared about was work and making money. They didn’t have time to pay any mind to them. Curley and the rest of the guys on the ranch treat Curley’s wife like she is invisible. George tells Lennie, “Don’t you ever look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen em poison before, but i never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You leave her be,” (Chapter 2). Lennie finds his wife very pretty and the last girl he encountered at Weed she accused him of raping her and they had to flee. George doesn't want Lennie screwing anything up for them to not work anymore. “Curley’s wife wanders around the ranch searching for human contact. She is stereotyped by the men as a tart,” (Source Card #2). The way Curley’s wife acts around the guys is very flirty and like an airhead. She wants to draw attention and wants everyone to looks at her and admire her, but no one will. “Indeed she plays a vamp, which enrages her jealous husband. George tells Lennie to avoid her, calling her poison and jailbait,” (Source Card #2). George does not want Lennie going after Curley’s wife because she shows off and flaunts her body for