Gatsby depicts the "new man": coming from a humble background, he does everything to win over Daisy and has dedicated his manhood to making her satisfied, rather than objectification archetypal of women associated with the era. Holden Caulfield is perhaps the first teenager of popular literature; he treats women as equals for much of The Catcher in the Rye. He admits that he wants to "know" Jane Gallagher despite having already reached the optimal level of being "intimate" with her, which signifies the decline of gender-based inequalities and the emergence of a new evolutionary race empathetic to the male gender. This is perhaps a theory developed by Salinger and Fitzgerald to show Buchanan and Stradlater as men of an earlier era symbolized by their continued destruction in peacetime. Gatsby, however, had "one of those rare smiles" and his affection towards female characters is acknowledged by Nick in chapter five where he states "Gatsby didn't know me at all now" because he was so caught up in his romance with Daisy; which "literally shone". On the other hand, Holden's inability to establish a relationship with Sally or Jane and Gatsby's failure to realize his ultimate ambition perhaps demonstrates that women are unintentionally exploiting themselves due to their farcical habits.