Kubrick has Wendy, a woman, do all of the work, which suggests since she is insignificant in the masculine Overlook, the work she does is insignificant in turn. The Overlook is a masculine structure because only men are in charge of running the Overlook and is a masculine dominated space, as well as being very misogynistic, declaring “women need to be corrected” (Kubrick 1:31:08). Frank Manchel reinforces that Kubrick depicts the hotel as masculine, and females as inferior to men, and Manchel states in the movie, “[Ullman asks] his secretary to get the two men some coffee...[Kubrick] shows the unequal status of women in this contemporary setting” (Manchel). This reinforces women as only seen in subservient positions, in this case, woman fetching
