"I wasn't in love with her or anything but she was pretty and a good sport"-Eric
Eric's misogynistic and shallow attitudes are revealed when he admits the affair with Daisy was just for fun
"Girls of that class"-Mrs Birling
Priestley highlights the patriarchal society through limited opportunities. Shows how people degrade the lower classes, specifically lower class women.
"I hate those hard-eyes dough-faced women"-Gerald
Gerald is superficial and sexist if women don't meet his standards in they way they look, he dislikes them. Shows how men viewed women in this period and the male intentions with women.
Gerald and Eric take advantage of Eva's situation as a working class girl and there is an imbalance of power in respect of social position and influence. Gerald emphasises how Eva was in desperate need for his assistance and he portrays himself as her hero
Sheila can be viewed as a character who is redefining the role of women at a time when women's rights were being sought through the suffragette movement.
Priestley uses the male and female characters in the play to emphasise the traditional gender roles. Sybil is presented as mainly subordinate to her husband WHEREASSheila begins to challenge this traditional role
