Rachael Stevick

When talking about gender roles in this book I actually find it quit interesting. There's not much to talk about because I like to think that in this time of life people and genders are equal. This novel is taken place in 1950. We have seen just a few women in this novel so far though. So its not to say my opinion will change but as of now this is how I see it.

Women are categorized into two different groups. The strong and powerful "ball cutters" and the whores. Mcmurphy does however say not all ball cutters are omen. This is interesting to in the sense that yes I could say its over equal due to the fact the Nurse in charge of these patients is a women who they seem to truly look to for guidance. They may talk like shes mean and pushy but they do indeed need her. I really respect and like how the author chose a women to be the leader in this institution and to show women can be ballsy just like men. Then however we have the whores. They do refer to some women as whores and only their to please the men. In one part of the book Broomden describes a women as big busted is the only feminine thing about her. I personally think the author only did that to get us to acknowledge what he meant by describing the girl. overall I think kesey does a nice job with the gender roles in this book and describing them