In "Salvage the Bones", we see gender roles play a prominent theme in this novel. As young Esch, battles the constant conflict of not having a motherly figure, or any female role models in her life, she is left to grow up confused on how to fit the mold of being a lady in Bois Sauvage. I think this is the reason she acts out and is misguided, and trying to find herself, honestly in a rather devious way. Esch also suffers from low self-esteem, and really doesn't truly love herself ; Which could be because she feels she doesn't fit into the typical mold. Her growing up in an all-male household definitely affects her, and she kind of has to have be tough in order to fit in or survive with the others, so she has to adapt these "masculine" traits.
At one part, all of the guys jump naked into the book, and Esch does the same. This was a part in the book, where any gender norms or roles kind of faded away, because usually that would be atypical for society and seen down upon.
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