Over the last century, a lot has changed in terms of gender equality. More women are allowed to vote in more countries, women will now be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, etc. Yet the fight still continues. Sometimes it takes looking back at how men saw women before to truly understand how far we’ve come—or if anything’s changed at all. John Steinbeck's works (Of Mice and Men and The Chrysanthemums both written during the 1930s, about a decade after women got the right to vote in the U.S.) touch on the idea of women’s role in society. They often portray women as victims of society, with untapped potentials, and equals that man chooses to ignore.
The basic idea of women’s rights is that women are equals to man and should be treated
The basic idea of women’s rights is that women are equals to man and should be treated