Blog #7

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.