after reading, pink think, i found myself a bit alarmed. there just seems to be an arsenal of negative propaganda that the media perpetuates to women. i found that as i read this book there were many things that i was taught that were very similar to pink think. within my household it has always been ingrained into my head of how to be a lady, that there were different ways to act and that somebehavior was fine for boys but not for girls. there are also different household tasks that i was allowed to do and those that i wasnt, one examle of somethng i was not allowed to do was cut the grass. my grandmother always thought that was going to cut myself, or some horrendous accident would occur. however she would let my cousin tom who s a year younger than me cut the grass. i think that pink think is still very much a dominant force in a woman's life, and its hard sometimes to get away from these ridiculous ideals.

 Like everyone else, I did defiantly notice that Pink Think was regurgitated many of its points. However, it did give me some things to think about. I am not old enough to remember any of the ads mentioned in the book but I know that it had some type of impact on my family (although not as overtly as the author mentions in the book). I never even noticed the impact until I read this book. I mentioned the whole Lysol thing in class and how I was convinced that it was some old wives’ tale that my grandmother made up. Its weird how a lot of the experiences that women had to go through aren’t really talked about. After reading this book, I was having a conversation about it with my mother. She had no idea about douching with Lysol and thought my granny made it all up too. During the conversation, I said, “I feel so bad for those women who had to wear those belts for menstruation”. She said,” what do you mean, I was one of those women”. My mother and I are very open with each other but I had no idea that pads did not exist for her. I guess that is not something you really think of to talk about, “Hey those belts sure were uncomfortable when I was growing up”. It sounds silly but talking about such things are so important because it shows the past generations how far women have come. That is why I can appreciate the book b/c it sparks conversation. It makes the reader want to do more and find out more in order to change society at least that is what I think the authors purpose was. She was very vague about some things and complexly ignored other points of view all together but it was a starting point.Sorry for this beign so late.

Jason, I am going to agree with you on your dinner comment.I have a bunch of friends who get upset with a guy when he doesn't pick up the check. Most of the time I see servers set the bill in the middle of both people.
As for Pink Think, I think that it has made me appreciate the things that I have today. I have said this before, though there are still hurdles that we need to jump over, we have still come a very long way.