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But the point is that she is acting a part. It's set in a different time. It doesn't make sense to neuter a part because of discussions going on in 2014 about the objectification of women. It's a role. The fact that Curley's wife is sexually desperate because that's the only avenue she sees open to her is the point. The power is lost otherwise.
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The part doesn't seem neutered to me. It seems more enriched and more appropriate for this medium. Steinbeck did go back and reworked Curley's wife to give more dimension to he rwhen he translated his novel to a play and in his letter to Claire Luce, the first actress to portray the character, he specifically mentions that Curley's wife is still chaste and somewhat of an innocent so there's plenty of room to how to interpret her. If the character's power is solely or mostly relied shallow, male glaze, that's actually more lazy and not so powerful in the first place.