Feminism (Phineas)

The Sexism in "The Great Gatsby" was fairly clear to me, atleast in some parts of the book, when I read it through the first time. The scene in which this was most obvious was when Tom and Gatsby argue over who Daisy loves, giving her very little say in the matter. In my mind, I always saw Tom as the more sexist character in the book, since he is the "evil" character, and one of the primary antagonists, however, it is clear that Gatsby is acting just as sexist as Tom.

One thing that I didn't notice that Tyson pointed out, is how progressive most of the females in the book are, what with Jordan being an athlete (a career mostly reserved for men), women going to parties alone, and generally indulging in partying just as much as the men, but the "party girl" lifestyle isn't necessarily shown in a good light.

That was really the only thing in The Great Gatsby that I didn't notice before reading Tyson's view on this, so it is fairly safe to say that a lot of what she said was either redundant, or pointing out the obvious. Much of the sexism or examples of feminism in TGG is obvious when read casually, or without any "lens" at all.