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Nonetheless, there remains a close
connection between the idealization of female beauty and formulation of
expectations relating to gender roles. Particularly, a man might find an
attractive female in a position of power to be especially threatening to
his assumptions of sexual power dynamics. This may perhaps explain the
persistence of unequal pay as it impacts men and women in the workplace.
Indeed, this is only one aspect of the relationship between men and women
which remains unequal and tied to older expectations. The implication with
which to resolve this discussion, therefore, is that...
(2001). Young, White and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the
Fifties. University of Chicago Press.
Odem, M.E. (1995). Delinquent Daughter: Protecting and Policing
Adolescent Female. The University of North Carolina Press.
Schrum, K. (2004). Some Wore Bobby Sox: the Emergence of Teenage Girls'
Culture, 1920-1945. Palgrave. Macmillan.
Works Cited
Breines, W. (2001). Young, White and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the
Fifties. University of Chicago Press.
Odem, M.E. (1995). Delinquent Daughter: Protecting and Policing
Adolescent Female. The University of North Carolina Press.
Schrum, K. (2004). Some Wore Bobby Sox: the Emergence of Teenage Girls'
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