l definitions, of femininity, it has been suggested, range from passivity, helplessness, and victimization to a relinquishment of control (pg. 374)". When reviewing the results of the study Stewart concluded that she was more interested in finding out why it is that women measure up themselves to each other based on "aspects of their behavior which, at face value, have nothing to do with their sexual practices (pg. 381)". The girls all showed that what they each do and how they rank in the hierarchy of schoolmates, is inflicting upon their reputation. Stewart feels that this is "the very mechanisms which disempower women within heterosexuality (pg.382)". The article goes side by side in respect to the book on the idea that young women strongly structure their lives to keep a good reputation or status. Keesa noted how she stood out among other's, but was aware of what position her choices put her in.Along with comparing the account of Keesa's life and the study of the young women that Stewart reviewed, I find that although they each deal with the situation from opposite sides of the issue, they each contain the same ideas on pressuring young women into testy situations. This idea is exactly why the book Adios, Barbie was written. It is all about taking away the stigma that surrounds a young women’s life that causes her to consume her thoughts and actions around what society presents as cool, or acceptable, or pretty. Fiona Stewart addresses the issue of not letting other’s determine how you approach your sexual life, and Keesa Schreane works out her empowerment she grants herself by placing what the rest of kids think and do in the back of her head, and focusing on what is really important. You see it’s not the rest of society that you must please be accepted by, it is the one person you see every morning in the mirror that must be happy and accept how you carry out your life. If more people lived by this stan...
