I. Introduction
Born in the 1960s, Carolyn grew up in a time of changing contemporary standards concerning female sexuality and feminism. The culture in which she was raised informed many behavioral decisions she made throughout mate selection, pregnancy and childrearing. With little ability to compare her own female experiences to those of her somewhat absent mother, Carolyn worked closely with her father, husband and friends to inform herself on life changes she would have to make to accommodate her changing body. Her values and style of parenting evolved as a result of her self-sufficiency adopted to survive a contemporary life. Learning on the go, Carolyn did her best to understand her own biology while trying to maintain cultural norms that she had experienced and encountered throughout life.
II. Puberty and Menarche
Restless nights spent in turmoil over growing pains in her legs started around the end of second grade for Carolyn. Her growth spurt began when she was approximately 8 …show more content…
While Carolyn and her friend are not technically kin, the hypothesis that lower rates of male aggression exit when female alliances are strong prove true in her scenario (Small 1992). Carolyn had been taking birth control since high school as a way to manage her menstruation and, eventually, as a contraceptive. A year into dating Blaine, she found herself pregnant at 27 years old after taking antibiotics to help with her autoimmune deficiency that compromised the effects of the birth control. Because Blaine had been previously married, he found marriage pointless and unnecessary. Carolyn and Blaine stayed unmarried for the first eight years of their child’s life much to the dismay of their families and Carolyn herself who wanted to marry. The insinuation that the couple had been partaking in premarital sex for reasons other than procreation challenged the stereotype of female
Born in the 1960s, Carolyn grew up in a time of changing contemporary standards concerning female sexuality and feminism. The culture in which she was raised informed many behavioral decisions she made throughout mate selection, pregnancy and childrearing. With little ability to compare her own female experiences to those of her somewhat absent mother, Carolyn worked closely with her father, husband and friends to inform herself on life changes she would have to make to accommodate her changing body. Her values and style of parenting evolved as a result of her self-sufficiency adopted to survive a contemporary life. Learning on the go, Carolyn did her best to understand her own biology while trying to maintain cultural norms that she had experienced and encountered throughout life.
II. Puberty and Menarche
Restless nights spent in turmoil over growing pains in her legs started around the end of second grade for Carolyn. Her growth spurt began when she was approximately 8 …show more content…
While Carolyn and her friend are not technically kin, the hypothesis that lower rates of male aggression exit when female alliances are strong prove true in her scenario (Small 1992). Carolyn had been taking birth control since high school as a way to manage her menstruation and, eventually, as a contraceptive. A year into dating Blaine, she found herself pregnant at 27 years old after taking antibiotics to help with her autoimmune deficiency that compromised the effects of the birth control. Because Blaine had been previously married, he found marriage pointless and unnecessary. Carolyn and Blaine stayed unmarried for the first eight years of their child’s life much to the dismay of their families and Carolyn herself who wanted to marry. The insinuation that the couple had been partaking in premarital sex for reasons other than procreation challenged the stereotype of female