“Unwed white girls who became pregnant in the postwar years were considered psychologically disturbed but treatable, whereas their black counterparts were presumed to be biologically hypersexual and deviant. Historian Rickie Solinger demonstrates that in the 1950s an unwed white girl… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
I couldn't stand being identified by my sexuality, I retaliated by insisting that people regard me for my intellectual worth. My intellect became a… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that children and teens want to blend in and follow the crowd. And from whom do they learn this lesson? Adults, of course. Let's face it: Americans follow the herd. If you want to be successful, we are told in myriad ways, conformity is the way to go. Look at corporate America, with its "team player" ethic and… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share
“If I had been armed with a feminist understanding that no girl deserves to be called a slut, perhaps I would have fought back by reporting the harassment to my school's headmistress or another school authority, or at least I might have had the strength to tell of the name-callers on my own. But at the time, all I knew… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share
Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than none. Since… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Intercourse was now forbidden to everyone but married people; bundling disappeared. In its place young courting couples engaged in "petting"--which, interpreted broadly, meant that… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“In comparison, young unmarried women in America were fortunate: They had a certain measure of sexual freedom. Eighteenth-century parents allowed their daughters to spend… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Unwed white girls who became pregnant in the postwar years were considered psychologically disturbed but treatable, whereas their black counterparts were presumed to be… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“When a stranger on the street makes a sexual comment, he is making a private assessment of me public. And though I’ve never been… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Abstaining from sex, hitting the books, and wearing loose-fitting clothes are common ways that girls try to molt their "slutty" image. But more often… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
