This is interesting to see how far back in history women were still trying to get rights and veto laws that were set against them. Men were always trying to keep themselves in power afraid of what women would do if they were treated as equals. This passage is geared toward other men and has a bias against women. This has a bias stand point due to there is no written words from a woman from this era stating how they felt and how they were treated. The passage is written as if women are the bad people and will always want more if given the opportunity.
Women took a stand during the 1930’s for equality by standing up and having a voice in the world. Instead of staying home and doing chores such as cooking and cleaning, “women continued their movement into the workplace.” Fleeing to find new opportunities for women, showed that there’s
Even though they were already being paid half what men would’ve been paid it became an excuse to become free of the controlling families they were a part of and, challenge the stigma of womanly dependence. Even with thirteen-hour work days and six-day work weeks they found time to do an abundance of time to create groups and interests for themselves. Their self-sufficiency was riding on this system to work, along with their dignity, and for a while, it all worked
The novella Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, tells of the story of how individuals were alienated during the Great Depression, including an unnamed farm wife married to a man named Curley. She is simply identified as “Curley’s wife.” Being the only woman on the farm has caused her to be a sexualized object, have a great sense of loneliness, and feel that she will never live up to her dreams. The characterization, actions, and treatment of Curley’s wife depicts how women were kept from achieving their own American Dream in the sexist society of the 1930s. Through the characterization of Curley’s wife a reader can see that she is sexualized, desires to be dominant, and has suffered throughout her life.
This paragraph states that women are humans too and should be treated equally to men. This help your audience by giving a different perspective on women on that they are no different than men and they also have rights. “Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. ”(Anthony, 2) is a perfect example.
Discrimination Present in Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck was born at the beginning of the twentieth century and experienced the turning point of many eras that are evidenced throughout his writings. Steinbeck lived through the strong economic years during World War I, the dirt poor years of the Great Depression, and even saw the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s; all of his dreams for these decades are evidenced in his works, more specifically, Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men is set in the 1920’s in the Salinas Valley of California. Other writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, char-acterize the 1920’s as a fun decade with a booming economy filled with men rising from rags to riches, but Steinbeck shows how life was for men
In the mid to late 1920s, white men lived their most fulfilling lives wondering how anyone could view this country as anything less than great. Of course, it's easy for the oppressors to wonder how anyone could feel oppressed. Black folks and women in the 1930s were living lives under the control of white men in America, and they demanded change. Pieces by John Steinbeck and Judy Brady outline some of the issues women faced and still face in their writings; Of Mice and Men and "I Want a Wife". Characters such as Curley's Wife and the women in the cathouses in Of Mice and Men are purposefully written as they are to show how men truly thought of women at the time.
During the 1930’s women were not being treat equal in society. The men of this era had control over the women and they treated them with no respect. In addition, they had to take lower paying rate than men. “Also, they had to work longer hours. Even though, women had to take a pay cut, they were still able to find a job.
Many Americans didn’t believe women should work outside the home and only men should make all the money for the household. In the 1920s, many women were needed to teach elementary school children, and about eight percent of the female population had enrolled in college,
Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, is a classic demonstration of sexism, as well as misogyny. Set in the 1930s, when these views were “normalized”, the author relates these issues primarily in the description of Curley's wife. You can identify the sexism Curley's wife faces daily by analyzing the words of George, one of the main characters of the book. He says “ranch with a bunch a’ guys on it ain't no place for a girl” (Steinbeck), George means this in a clearly offensive way, by using the word “girl” instead of “woman”, this could mean he doesn't respect her, or find her on the same level as himself, and belittles her.
World of Sexism Due to the Great Depression, women’s rights took a back seat to employment and poverty. It was believed that women shouldn’t work but stay at home, clean, cook, and raise their children. The prejudice against women in the society was great back in the 1930s for they were degraded and underestimated. All the rights they had gained in the 1920s were neglected and the women were once again maltreated. In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the victim of sexism is Curley’s wife who is so insignifact that even a name was not provided for her.
Did you ever wonder why it was hard for Women to get a job in the 1930s and around that time? In the 1930’s timeframe, women were looked at differently, they were looked at weaker than men and people believed that if they had a high paid job or even just a job they were taking the job away from men. They could also be judged on if they were married or not and that would affect them getting a job. Gender roles and stereotypes affect women getting jobs in the 1930s depending on if they are married or not, their race, and because men are the “breadwinners.” Gender roles and stereotypes affect women getting jobs in the 1930s depending on if they are married or not.
After the Great Depression in 1929, America’s economy was devastated. The increase of farming across the Great Plains states caused the precious soil to erode, turning the once fertile grassland to a desert like Dust Bowl. Hundreds of farmers and workers migrated to California in search of jobs aiming for the American Dream. The American Dream is the hopes and the goals of the characters in which they can obtain a better life through their hard work. In Of Mice and Men, the American Dream is portrayed to be extremely vital for the men as it serves as their motivation, yet ultimately proves to be unattainable through the memorable characters of Lennie, George and Curley’s wife.
During the years of 1935 and 1936, the average median income for a family was $1,160. This meant that a housewife had approximately $20 a week to pay for all essentials including the food for their family and their shelter. A lot of things were wrong in this era and one of them were that people did not realize that women were just as capable as men were. Women were looked down upon and were given very little respect and were not given any sort of chance to prove
In 1920 when the 19th amendment was passed allowing women to vote, many women thought that Gender Inequality was coming to an end. Soon after, the Great Depression happened, and everyone was focused on that. Life for women was especially hard then because they had to live in a world full of poverty and discrimination. Throughout Of Mice and Men we see this through Curley’s Wife. She just wants to fit in and talk to the men without thinking she wants something, or being called rude names.
