HIST 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Liberal Feminism, Common Cold
17 Apr 2014
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Idea is that girls watch their mothers and boys watch their fathers. Barbie was the first toy that girls had that taught them to be sexual or what sexy was played an important role in socialization of girls. Dolls were used to represent babies, which the girls would play with as pretend mothers and families. But not barbie - she was an independent grown woman on her own. Nice girls would say they want to be a mom and bad girls would say they want to be a. Started letting their hair go wild and have scandalous outfits/dress sexy like barbie. In the 70s they were lighter, they grew beards, discipline lacked. Children were now able to more of their own thing. In turn, families changed and divorce was becoming common. Theme for this week, one of them, socialize. It could calm them down, sooth an upset stomach, good for the common cold, and helped them sleep.
