Myrtle & Feminism (mae)

Through a feminist lens I learned that there are more “good girls” in the Great Gatsby, than there are “bad girls.” When I first read the Great Gatsby I didn’t think that Myrtle was a “bad girl,” I thought that tom had lured her though his wealth. Through the feminist lens Myrtle comes off as the one behind the scheme. She is only with tom because of his money, so that he can buy her stuff, and take her away from a class she doesn’t want to be apart of. “Myrtle had it coming.” (pg 127) This is one part of the feminist view that is drastic for me because when i had originally read Gatsby, I thought that Myrtle was the victim and not the one plotting. The question that is still in my mind is, if Myrtle wanted out so bad, what stopped her from trying to hook another wealthy man in addition to Tom?