RICH PEOPLE AND BACKWARDS THINKING

So, there are a good amount of sexist/gender quotes in The Great Gatsby. One example of a character that is sexist is actually in the journal topic. When the mom was hoping for her daughter to be a fool of a girl when she grows up. She hopes this because she thinks the foolish, beautiful females get more attention. I believe this is a sexist thing to say, especially to your daughter.
Another example is "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon" (p.8/2) So Tom is pretty much making fun of the women
I also found another example which is Nick talking to himself, " I enjoyed looking at her. She was a slender, small breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet." (p.11) Nick is giving his view on womans physical appearance here.

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