In the 60's Women are
supposed to be beautiful and not supposed to do anything but be at home. When these
women walked into the store with just bikinis they were criticized by the manager
and held the attention of a draw dropped clerk. The clerk also criticized the
girls’ brain. “You never know for sure how girls’ minds work (do you think is a
mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glass jar?) (599). which I think
most of the men in the 1960's thought.
Most women back in
the day were submissive and didn't make a big scene. When these women came into
the store with nothing on but bikinis on they were basically challenging
society. These women were definitely submissive because they didn't stand up
for what they believed in or what they wanted to do. But there are dominant
women who stand up for themselves. Then there are overly dominant women who
make a bit deal of the way they think and kinda shove their ways down others’
throats. Then there are the overly submissive women who not only don’t stand up
for themselves. And just kinda flows with the crowds and does what she is told
and nothing else. But, on the other hand it is the manager’s right to serve who
he wants to. And it was the girls’ choice to dress the way they did regardless
of the consequences. Maybe they were doing it just to get attention. Or maybe
they dressed that way because they were lazy and didn't want to put on extra
clothes.
The last thing that I
noticed was that the clerk says “my girls” not “the girls” as if he owned them.
But then he really didn't really care
what happened to the girls but focused on another family and himself.
