Female Friendships In L. A Miller's Where The Boys Are

Throughout history, females have struggled to validate female friendship in a society that continues to oppress and demean these friendships as fleeting, over-dramatic, childish forms when compared to their male counter-partner. Female-friendships have face many obstacles from society that cause a negative view when women look at these relationships. In the narrative I previously wrote depicted the obstacles Jenna and I faced during the difficult times of our friendships. Jenna and I went through many different phases of life together, from the difficulties of going through puberty, high school were pressure from other friends drove us to different social groups, we always were able to maintain a strong friendship. Our friendship was once again …show more content…
This description depicts a very similar aspect of what Jenna and my friendship has become. Gone is the intensity of our past expectations to be each other’s everything and the frilliness necessities that other female-friendships carry. We developed a friendship that could adapt to what we were able to give to the other as our lives changes. We were able to move past society’s expectations of what our friendship should be and that if we were no longer able to obtain that to move on, that this person was no longer your best friend. This does not go against Millers description of female-friendships because I have formed new friendships to replace the one lost when Jenna’s and mine changed. For us it has been about evolving, no one stays the same and I would never of want Jenna to hold back from becoming who she is in order to be what she once was for me. This reflects back on Janice Raymond creation of the word Gyn/affection, our friendship because less about what I needed from Jenna and more what she needed from me and visa versa. We strived to become the friend that would help empower the other to reach their goals in whatever they were doing. We would not stand in the way of each other’s success or feel competitive to be better. We became content with who we were outside of each other, in order to truly be able to appreciate the