Jordan Baker is depicted as a typical 1920s woman, who discards traditional morals in the pursuit of material gratification. She is constantly held to a lower standard because she is a woman. An example of this is how even though Nick knows that Jordan cheated at golf, he dismisses it as the way women are. “It made no difference to …show more content…
The three female characters are used to display moral and mental corruption of women, and show that they have a negative impact on the male characters. Myrtle is used to illustrate how women who are materialistic and depraved are dangerous and doomed, Jordan is used by Fitzgerald to portray women as liars and cheaters, and Daisy is portrayed as the stereotypical temptress. As a result of the female characters being morally corrupt, as well as negatively influencing the male characters, The Great Gatsby is without a doubt is misogynistic