Female Chauvinist Pigs : Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
I thought the premise was interesting, but the execution left me a bit disappointed; it would have been better suited to a magazine article rather than a full-length book.
In the end, I left feeling grateful that evangelical culture had helped to shelter me from some of her talking points (such as the "Girls Gone Wild" phenomena). At a point in my life where I've been questioning some of the "rules" and restrictions I internalized during & shortly after college, it's nice to be reminded that they weren't all bad.
I am glad that I live within a subculture where I am not expected to flash for beads or make out with other women in order to get the attention of guys.
Posted by rachel at November 18, 2005 10:34 AM