I don't like that women are suffering so much either but it's realistic imo. I'm pretty sure women are treated MUCH worse back then. But I do understand why they're jealous of dorothy, but as long as they don't act hostile towards her it's wtv to me. I think the fact that they have to act tough and being jealous towards dorothy already shows plenty. They're forced to be people they aren't so they don't get taken advantage of, but even with their best efforts they're still struggling. I hope that further down the story women start standing on equal grounds with men and since mc is a man with a progressive mindset I think it could be possible since he's the hero or wtv
i mean it happens to this day as well. Jealousy when someone who is similar to you and has it better is extremely normal. It's also pretty normal for people (both men and women) to want to "steal" the partner of that person cuz they think it'll bring them happiness. I hope that doesn't happen
Personally I felt like it was realistic how they were treated and felt they needed to portray themselves as more aggressive to men. What I didn't like was how that one girls reaction to his wife was to feel "jealous" idk if the author is a man or woman but I feel like it's a male mentality that everytime we see a woman in a better situation than us that we feel envy or jealousy which is sometimes true but I would've replaced this scene with her looking down on her or getting irritated bc she has it easier not having the same worries as them.
something about this feels iffy. i dont really like how they made the women suffer alot (i understand the era back then and sexism) but then they get jealous of Dorthy because mc is her man. making him better in comparison. idk a bad taste in my mouth. just hope we go into more depth and character development for those women