Girls Gone Skank has 20 ratings and 6 reviews. Megan said: I was really interested in this book because of the topic, but ultimately was very frustrated.
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She also operates in generalities.
She made it sound like all strippers have been abused and so have porn stars. Except for a few, but really most are. Her arguments read like this--incredibly frustrating and difficult to take seriously. She also thinks that its unnatural for a girl older than 10 to call her father, "Daddy" and suggests that to do so is a serious issue and a sign of immaturity. This book had a lot of potential. I think the topic is worth exploring--but instead of taking broad stabs at everything in our culture--including random reality shows and minor celebrities--she would have done better doing a case study and accurately researching a couple of things.
Sep 07, Leah rated it did not like it. This is a very poorly written book. First of all, the author overuses the word skank without ever operationally defining what skank means.
It cannot just be assumed that the reader has the same impression of the word as was intended by the author. For instance, she refers to a dress as "skanky" with no other description, telling the reader nothing at all about the dress. Operationally defining "skank" is also vitally important because it is such a demeaning term. If Oppliger had used the term ir This is a very poorly written book. If Oppliger had used the term ironically, it would have been one thing.
However, the term itself sexualizes women, which is ironic considering this seems to be what she wants to speak out against.
Girls gone skank : the sexualization of girls in American culture (Book, ) [leondumoulin.nl]
It's clear that Oppliger has little to no knowledge of basic psychology, because if she did, she would have realized that this makes no sense. If she had said bipolar, it at least would have been a logical comparison, though still an unprofessional way to present the information. Feb 26, Amanda rated it liked it Shelves: For the most part, I thought this book was really informative and she covered a good range of topics in popular culture that contribute to the trend of "raunch culture" Ariel Levy has written about.
I just wish she had analyzed to a greater extent rather than just listing the examples in each chapter and then briefly interpreting them at the end. As dense with information as the book was I always felt she could've gone deeper with the subject matter. Despite this, it's definitely a solid introdu For the most part, I thought this book was really informative and she covered a good range of topics in popular culture that contribute to the trend of "raunch culture" Ariel Levy has written about.
Despite this, it's definitely a solid introduction to a reader who is unaware of the extent to which young women and girls are sexualized and objectified in nearly every aspect of our culture or who is new to the women and gender studies discipline. On the flip side, for the feminist minded, seasoned women's studies crowd that is most likely to be the core readership of this book, I don't think there is anything too new discussed A suitable follow-up to issues raised in "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" but a little limited in its concept of sexuality. I do agree that the trickle-down effect of all this focus on female self-esteem based on physic A suitable follow-up to issues raised in "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" but a little limited in its concept of sexuality.
I do agree that the trickle-down effect of all this focus on female self-esteem based on physicality and performance is dangerous for young girls, however, as it limits their options by focusing their attention outward instead of inward while they're growing up. So, I'm giving this one a mixed review.
Good data, solid traditionally feminist arguments, but I would've liked to see more perspective on how the rise of sexuality as performance may be a generational phenomenon. Mar 18, Lewis Book Reviews rated it really liked it. The book addresses everything from a clothing line meant to make children look like pimps to the degradation of women in strip clubs and pornography. I thought that the author did a good job of explaining how the issues women face reflect on the younger generation of girls.
Girls gone skank : the sexualization of girls in American culture
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