Hi all,
I just wanted to share a brief article on the CMC newspaper-the Forum. The article is written by a senior ant its titled "Woman at CMC Over the Years" .
In this article, she traces what its like being a women at CMC and how there is always so much pressure to be attractive, popular and successful on both men and women at our school.
One interesting thing she talks about how even in 1959, CMC was portrayed in media, such as Harper's Magazine that CMC's student body consists of"exuberantly extroverted, tireless cheerleaders of fun, and, in their own self-image, mad bad playboys".
Thus, after examining quotes, such as these, she begins discussing how at times, it has been difficult navigating CMC as a women and truly understanding her identity here at CMC. She also cites an interesting, discussion with an administrator at CMC, who mentioned that in order to succeed at CMC, a women has to be "tough and hot".
I think that a lot of the points discussed in the article, resonate with similar issues we discussed in class in When Everything Changed by Gail Collins. I hope this article is interesting as well for everyone, it was great food for thought for me.
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