Furthermore, Ratched exudes a lack of femininity, through her role in the institution and her appearance: "Nurse Ratched's primary characteristics are, in Jungian analysis, decidedly masculine. She is logical, organized, a leader, and very powerful-jealously so. Her Logos as a negative and inept utilization of masculine properties is manifested in her control over the ward, her insistence on adhering to a schedule, and her unwillingness to adapt" (Fisher 119). Nurse Ratched represents the oppressive dehumanization of modern society within the novel, seen by her lack of emotions and talents of exploitation. Much of her power relies on her capability to emasculate the male patients and maintain an asexual being. Ratched has complete dominance over every aspect of the ward, as well as her own emotions. Her manipulative abilities allow her to restrain the patients into submission and constantly scheme to remain in control. Ratched employs her stringency and authority to obtain the maximum amount of control with little resistance. Overall, she is able to manipulate every aspect of the ward to keep her in control, while making the patients and staff conform to her orders. .
Another oppressive female character presented within the novel is Billy Bibbit's mother. This dominance of Billy Bibbit's mother communicates the harmful effects of an over nurturing mother through her attached relationship with Billy. While visiting Billy in the asylum, it is clear through Kesey's diction that the mother completely controls Billy: .
Billy's mother took the opportunity to leave her work and come out from behind her desk and take her boy by the hand and lead him outside to sit near where I was on the grass. Billy lay beside her and put his head in her lap and let her tease at his ear with a dandelion fluff. Billy was talking about looking for a wife and going to college someday. His mother tickled him with the fluff and laughed at such foolishness.
