Of Mice And Men Sexism Analysis

Sexism Through the Decades

All throughout history women have had to bear the burden of being the target of sexism and double standards that leave very deep scars on the female race and indent a very unhealthy way of thinking into the minds of women all around the world. In this world many girls and women are stuck abiding to the toxic norms of society because of the many years of being told that the only way to be accepted is to be “perfect”. Women are constantly fighting to be put as an equal to men and even though there are people that take the fighting to the extreme the effort of everyone stills pays off little by little. In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men the story focuses on two migrant workers during the Great Depression, George …show more content…
In the novel Curley's Wife’s real name is never brought up, she is only referred to as “Curley’s Wife”. Giving her no name shows how women were discriminated against and only thought to be property of their husband. Even the men on the ranch find Curley’s Wife to be so unimportant that they do not even want to learn her name. Furthermore, George declares that “‘Curley got his work ahead of him” while talking about his wife (32). Everyone on the ranch viewed her only as Curley’s problem to deal with. Curley’s Wife was perceived solely as a troublemaker and a tramp. Curley’s Wife not having a name through the entirety of the novel shows that women were meant to be show cased by their …show more content…
Crooks describes Curley’s wife as having “the eye”, but the men have no problem checking her out (28). On multiple the men a shown flirting with her and looking at her and they say nothing of it. Curley’s Wife’s “eye” gets her labeled as a cheater and jailbait. Even Though Curley’s Wife knows that curley and the other men have gone to the whore house, she asks, “‘Any you boys seen Curley’” (76). This suggests that the men are “allowed” to be at the whore house and it should be accepted by Curley’s Wife. Curley’s Wife never touches another man besides Curley, but she is labeled a tramp by the men on the farm because of her looks. The novel is jam packed with double standards that affect Curley’s Wife and many women in real life.
In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men Curley’s wife is a symbol of misogyny and the treatment of women. This reflects society's perspective on women at this point in time during the Great Depression and also mirrors the thoughts that some people still believe in. Everywhere women are judged for every little thing they do just because they are females. Society needs to steps up and create a world in which sexism and misogyny are nonexistent so women all around the world can be content with

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