Sexism:

• Against the backdrop of few opportunities for paid work, it was not uncommon for women to dream of becoming Hollywood stars.
• In the 1930s, female characters in films tended to be presented as one-dimensional sexual objects.
• Single women hit by the Depression suffered even more than single men; unemployed men were able to seek relief, but women rarely did so for fear of being publicly condemned and shamed.
• Women who tried to work were also condemned as they were seen to be stealing the jobs that men were supposedly entitled to. 
•  female characters in films tended to be presented as one-dimensional sexual objects. This can be understood in the context of the ‘male gaze’,
• Letter to Miss Luce: "if she is to be noticed at all, it will be because some one finds her sexually desirable"