In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, first published in 1937, one of the main ideas present is sexism, particularly aimed at women. We see many examples of this throughout the text, mostly shown through Curley's wife, such as the idea of ​​objectification and the over-sexualization of women. The text shows the extremes of this view in the early 20th century, although this way of thinking still exists in our world today. Curley's wife feels as if she is "owned" by her husband. Her husband tells her not to talk to the ranch workers or hang out with them, but despite this she still flirts with the other men. An example of this is when he first meets George Milton and Lennie Small. She comes in "just looking for Curley", which is her excuse to talk to the new arrivals. I believe he does it out of loneliness and isolation, caused by Curley and the "time" they lived in. When this happens in Western society today, it is considered a form of emotional abuse. Even though times have changed and it has been given a different name, I feel like it is ...