George said, “She’s gonna make a mess. They’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, specially like her.”

– John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men, Chapter 3. George speaks in a sexist way about Curley’s wife, saying she has no place on the ranch which should be for men only. He also senses trouble ahead, as she is the only woman there.