Similarities Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Women’s Rights Past and Present: John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
Hillary Clinton once said, “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” Women’s rights were very weak in the era of John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men. From limited jobs to low income, women were treated as worthless and weak. In this essay, I discuss how historians say women were treated in 1920s and 30s and how women’s rights have progressed. I will also show that the way historians described women’s rights in the 1920s is the same as how they are depicted in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Finally, I am going to show that women in the era of Of Mice and Men were treated worse than they are in the present time.
Women had very limited rights in the 1920-30s, the time period in which Of Mice and Men takes place. Even though women got the right to vote in the 1920s, women still did not have close to the same amount

Women’s rights in Of Mice and Men are certainly not the same as they are today. First, Curley’s Wife in the novel does not have a name, and is just referred to as “Curley’s Wife.” This makes it seem like Curley’s Wife does not matter as a person. In the book George uses negative words to describe Curley’s Wife’s sexuality. He said, “No, you never. But when she was standin’ in the doorway showin’ her legs, you wasn’t lookin’ the other way, neither’’(Steinbeck p. 32). This makes it seem like George thinks of her as a doll, rather than a real person. George also says, ”Don’t even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does”(p.32). George is calling Curley’s Wife a bitch even though he has never talked to her, since George and Lennie had just arrived on the ranch. He is saying that because she is a women, not because she did anything. This indicates that George does not value her because she’s a