Sexism In John Updike's A & P

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Sexism has been a major factor in American history and still is today. Although women are treated more equally today than they did in the past, we can still see some differences in the way men and women are looked upon as. With studies further looking into sexism and the way men and women are treated can help us end this “war”, that is if it ever will end. If you look in John Updike’s short story A&P, you can understand how people can envision the story as a sexist writing. In paragraph 13 Lengel comes out and says “Girls, this isn’t the beach.” showing that it is inappropriate to be in a bathing suit in a store. Some people can perceive this as an act of sexism because it makes the reader think that if a man came into the store in his bathing

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