Lynn Peril’s, Pink Think is a book that examines the influences of the feminine ideal. Peril was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985. She writes, edits, publishes, and dissects popular culture, especially that concerning gender-related behavioral instructions. She starts off the essay with her thesis saying that the human female is bombarded with advice on how to wield those feminine wiles. She starts the book with how young women were suppose to wear conservative dresses, and get boyfriends in hopes of those very boyfriends becoming their husbands and fathering their children so they may become what was perceived as successful, a mother and housewife. These ideas and concepts were fit to the
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She then goes into stating that the thought of girly things made her form a hatred and it left her feeling awkward and out of place. She gives three specific examples in the next paragraph, which deal with standard behavior to which all women no matter their age, race, or body type must aspire. Peril then goes into detail about how “Pink Think” is a stereotyped vision of girls on how they are suppose to be held to a specific standard. She then states that certain standards of which women must maintain is seeped into the mindset of girls at a young age. She goes into saying that by trying to maintain being …show more content…
She discusses how society views sex. She talks about how a manual gives advice about sex from a parent’s point of view. The manual also discusses that teens should respect adults authority and discourages sexuality. The guides were made to make parents happy. It was not about how teenagers should date. The section of the chapter also discusses that 50 percent of women born after 1900 were not virgins at the time of their marriages(79). The publication was released in 1953. A time, when women were seen as stay-at-home mothers , who cared for their children and were virgins before marriage. Alfred Kinsey released Human Female, published in 1953 found that 95 of American women were “petted” before marriage (70). The chapter also discusses the female sexual organs. A 1962 article in For Teens only magazine, said that human eggs were formed in the uterus (80).” Peril the author says that human eggs are found in the ovaries. I did not know that information. The author then goes on to say that some information is true, but the way is presented makes it redundant. The writers back in the day would focus on the birds, bees, and paramecia that they would neglect the crucial information of physical action of human conception. The author on page 81 has a glossary on how experts saw sexuality and body parts. These “experts” seemed to have biased instead of using scientific
She then goes into stating that the thought of girly things made her form a hatred and it left her feeling awkward and out of place. She gives three specific examples in the next paragraph, which deal with standard behavior to which all women no matter their age, race, or body type must aspire. Peril then goes into detail about how “Pink Think” is a stereotyped vision of girls on how they are suppose to be held to a specific standard. She then states that certain standards of which women must maintain is seeped into the mindset of girls at a young age. She goes into saying that by trying to maintain being …show more content…
She discusses how society views sex. She talks about how a manual gives advice about sex from a parent’s point of view. The manual also discusses that teens should respect adults authority and discourages sexuality. The guides were made to make parents happy. It was not about how teenagers should date. The section of the chapter also discusses that 50 percent of women born after 1900 were not virgins at the time of their marriages(79). The publication was released in 1953. A time, when women were seen as stay-at-home mothers , who cared for their children and were virgins before marriage. Alfred Kinsey released Human Female, published in 1953 found that 95 of American women were “petted” before marriage (70). The chapter also discusses the female sexual organs. A 1962 article in For Teens only magazine, said that human eggs were formed in the uterus (80).” Peril the author says that human eggs are found in the ovaries. I did not know that information. The author then goes on to say that some information is true, but the way is presented makes it redundant. The writers back in the day would focus on the birds, bees, and paramecia that they would neglect the crucial information of physical action of human conception. The author on page 81 has a glossary on how experts saw sexuality and body parts. These “experts” seemed to have biased instead of using scientific