Susan J. Douglas and Anne Moody had two amazing life stories to portray to the world. Susan was a white female child growing up during the baby boom in the 1950s, and Anne Moody was a black female child born in the 1940s living in the brutal south with very harsh conditions towards those who were colored. These two women had different life stories because of the color of their skin and the location of their home towns. The different challenging lives of these two girls shaped how they viewed the American society and everything that went into it.
Susan Douglas’s life was much different than the life of Anne Moody. Douglas stated that “…for the early 1960s marked the beginning of what came to be called the Sexual Revolution.” (Douglas 61) This …show more content…
Sex may have been frowned upon but many young women were pregnant at least once before they got married to a man. Moody recalls that her mom seemed to always be pregnant with a new child throughout the young life of Anne. (Moody 11-12, 26, 57). Pregnancy before marriage in the south, especially with women of color, was very common. Anne Moody’s mother, Toosweet, had lots of children during her life time. This was very hard for Anne to understand mostly because her family was not rich by any means. Anne Moody was the oldest of eight children and she never understood why her mom kept having children when they struggled day to day trying to feed every mouth sitting at the dinner table. This gave Anne a very harsh and negative look at the way people were sexually active in her town of Centerville. Anne did not want anything to do with children or boys for the longest time. She finally opened up in college, but her love life did not really mean much to her. Anne was not one of those girls to care about sex and everything involved in it. She eventually just wanted a friends and not boyfriends. (Moody 252-261). She had her mind set on other goals such as school and later in her life, the
Susan Douglas’s life was much different than the life of Anne Moody. Douglas stated that “…for the early 1960s marked the beginning of what came to be called the Sexual Revolution.” (Douglas 61) This …show more content…
Sex may have been frowned upon but many young women were pregnant at least once before they got married to a man. Moody recalls that her mom seemed to always be pregnant with a new child throughout the young life of Anne. (Moody 11-12, 26, 57). Pregnancy before marriage in the south, especially with women of color, was very common. Anne Moody’s mother, Toosweet, had lots of children during her life time. This was very hard for Anne to understand mostly because her family was not rich by any means. Anne Moody was the oldest of eight children and she never understood why her mom kept having children when they struggled day to day trying to feed every mouth sitting at the dinner table. This gave Anne a very harsh and negative look at the way people were sexually active in her town of Centerville. Anne did not want anything to do with children or boys for the longest time. She finally opened up in college, but her love life did not really mean much to her. Anne was not one of those girls to care about sex and everything involved in it. She eventually just wanted a friends and not boyfriends. (Moody 252-261). She had her mind set on other goals such as school and later in her life, the