This Prom Has Everything, Except for Boys - 9 views

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  #1 emily long on 30 Nov 13

   

  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/us/hamtramck-high-holds-all-girl-prom.html?pagewanted=2&smid=pl-share&_r=0
  
  what can this article tell us about tams religious or ethnic diversity? what kind of effect/reaction would and all girl prom receive at tam?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/us/hamtramck-high-holds-all-girl-prom.html?pagewanted=2&smid=pl-share&_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/us/hamtramck-high-holds-all-girl-prom.html?pagewanted=2&smid=pl-share&_r=0</a> <br /> <br /> what can this article tell us about tams religious or ethnic diversity? what kind of effect/reaction would and all girl prom receive at tam?</div>

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  #2 Isaac Cohen on 10 Dec 13

   

  Is the high school endorsing the separation of sexes and sexist traditions by holding an all girl prom? More likely it is a necessary compromise, these kids who would never have been able to go to prom now can have the experience.
  
  It's interesting to note the article's description of how the girls "literally let their hair down for the first time" at this prom. In a society ruled by men that does not allow women freedom when they are out in the open it's interesting how a 'society of women' becomes the only time they can be truly free. This was probably an extremely powerful event for these girls and I wonder if the impact of this event could cause them to be more rebellious against the power dynamic in the future. So by conforming a little to a sexist tradition the school is actually promoting social revolution in an interesting underhanded way.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is the high school endorsing the separation of sexes and sexist traditions by holding an all girl prom? More likely it is a necessary compromise, these kids who would never have been able to go to prom now can have the experience. <br /> <br /> It's interesting to note the article's description of how the girls "literally let their hair down for the first time" at this prom. In a society ruled by men that does not allow women freedom when they are out in the open it's interesting how a 'society of women' becomes the only time they can be truly free. This was probably an extremely powerful event for these girls and I wonder if the impact of this event could cause them to be more rebellious against the power dynamic in the future. So by conforming a little to a sexist tradition the school is actually promoting social revolution in an interesting underhanded way.</div>

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