All three main female characters are treated in a manner that many would consider rude to any human being, despite their various classifications. Big Mama has to constantly put up with Big Daddy's cursing and ungrateful behavior towards her. She shows him all the love a person can show, and in return, she is definitely informed of Big Daddy's desire for her to leave. In the second act, it is also assumed that his somewhat "overbearing" behavior is that he wants to take control of the plantation when, in reality, this is how he shows that he cares. It is also assumed that she does not love Big Daddy even though everything she does is essentially to please him and make him happy. This is shown explicitly in the last act after she discovers that Big Daddy definitely has cancer and is even more willing to defend Big Daddy when it becomes obvious that Mae and Gooper are just trying to take over the plantation when he dies, when he hasn't yet died. She proudly asserts her position as a wife. Maggie's treatment comes not from Brick, who ignorantly treats her in practically silence, but more importantly from the rest of her family. She is treated differently because she has not yet had children. This causes many unfair and inappropriate statements regarding her ability to be a good wife and her personality. She is seen as a bad woman by most of the family when she is inside