Daisy is depicted as a selfish, indifferent, and dissolute woman. Yet the formation of these characteristics is largely due to her being a product of the social environment that encourages women’s dependence on men. Expand this statement. Be specific and use at least three quotes from The Great Gatsby.

Daisy is absolutely a product of the social environment. She expresses this early on in the novel, when she tells Nick about her daughter.

"It'll show you how I've gotten to feel about—things. Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool— that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'"

Tom was not even present for the birth of his child. This is a physical representation of how men have more freedom, while women are tied down in society. Daisy is upset that her child is a girl. Daisy says she hopes her daughter will be beautiful and a fool—and we can note that she says "fool" first.
As we learn more about Daisy's past, we understand that she was raised to live her life a certain way.

Wild rumors were circulating about her — how her mother had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say good-by to a soldier who was going overseas. She was effectually prevented, but she wasn’t on speaking terms with her family for several weeks. After that she didn’t play around with the soldiers any more, but only with a few flat-footed, short-sighted young men in town, who couldn’t get into the army at all.

Daisy fell in love with Gatsby, but he was not deemed appropriate for her family's standards. Do you think Daisy would end up the same person had she been allowed to love whomever and married Gatsby instead?
If Daisy is a product of how society treats women, then we should also consider how the male characters treat women in general. Nick has a girl back home but also sees Jordan from time to time. Tom expects Daisy to remain faithful while he has an affair himself.

Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing, in impassioned voices, whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy's name.
"Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai—"
Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.

Tom demonstrates the power men have over women, as well as the double standards that exist. Tom has interacted with Wilson, but Myrtle cannot even speak Daisy's name, according to Tom.
Even when Gatsby takes the blame for Myrtle's death—an attempt to protect Daisy—this results in Daisy not having to take responsibility for her actions.
In looking at Daisy's past, present, and future, we can see how the way others treat her shapes her into who she is.