... to show how girls came to define themselves progressively through their bodies, thus becoming the primary project of the female society. Brumberg argues that there is a mismatch between biology and culture in the lives of contemporary adolescent girls. She states that "Although girls now mature sexuality earlier than ever before, contemporary American society provides fewer social protections for them, a situation that ... leaves them unsupported in their development and extremely vulnerable to the excesses of popular culture and to pressure from peer groups." This mismatch may be due t...

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... status of slaves to that of contemporary women. These are only but a few of the first woman writers who, through their strong will and courageous stands against the male oriented culture of the day, eventually formed the tradition of women writers that exists today. In addition to the fortitude of women in the eighteen hundreds came the strength of the few ... ...

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