“Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it’s just basically another word for equality.” -Taylor Swift (Reed). In this quote Taylor Swift talks about how important feminism is because it is the movement that helps with equality between men and women. Many people think feminism is women being above men whereas it is actually a term used for equality between women and men. During the time frame of the Great Depression misogyny was so common no one even thought about feminism and equality for women, Curley’s wife is a character we see experiencing misogyny, on the contrary in present times feminism has become a movement for equality; to get misogyny out of things like the workplace.
One example of misogyny the author uses is the name ‘Curely’s Wife’ instead of her actual
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A quote highlighting this is, “..Seen the new kid yet?’ he asked. ‘What kid?’ George asked. ‘Why, Curley’s new wife.’ ‘Yeah, I seen her.’ ‘Well, ain’t she a looloo?’ ‘I ain’t seen that much of her,’ said George. Whit laid down his cards impressively. ‘Well, stick around an’ keep your eyes open. You’ll see plenty. She ain’t concealin’ nothing. I never seen nobody like her…” (Steinbeck, 51). In this quote, some of the men in the bunkhouse talk about Curley’s Wife like a piece of property. They do this by saying ‘Why, Curley’s new wife’ and ‘She ain’t concealin’ nothing’, they don’t use her name but instead give her the title of Curley’s wife, they also talk about her like a tramp because of how she is dressed which shows misogyny. Another example of misogyny is when Curley’s Wife talks about how all she does is sit and listen to Curley. “Sure I gotta husban’. You all seen him. Swell