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1. reread reread lines 8 - 20. note the words or phrases that are in quotes. why does the author use quotation marks with these words or phrases?
2. read as you read lines 21 - 44, continue to cite textual evidence.

• circle products from the 1940s and 1970s that contained pink think ideas.
• underline examples of what women were expected to be like during the \early cold war years.\
• in the margin on the next page, describe womens expected role.

to be because she thinks such helplessness adds to her appearance of femininity is toeing the pink think party line. when you hear the words \charm\ or \personality\ in the context of successful womanhood, you can almost always be sure youre in the presence of \pink think.\
while various self - styled \experts\ have been advising women on their \proper\ conduct since the invention of the printing press, the phenomenon defined here as pink think was particularly pervasive from the 1940s to the 1970s. these were fertile years for pink think, a cultural mindset and consumer behavior rooted in new deal prosperity yet culminating with the birth of womens liberation. during this time, pink think permeated popular books and magazines aimed at adult women, while little girls absorbed rules of feminine behavior while playing games like the aforementioned miss popularity. meanwhile, prescriptions for ladylike dress, deportment, and mindset seeped into child - rearing manuals, high school home economics textbooks, and guides for bride, homemaker, and career girl alike.
it was almost as if the men and women who wrote such books viewed proper feminine behavior as a panacea for the ills of a rapidly changing modern world. for example, myriad articles in the popular press devoted to the joys of housewifery helped coerce rosie the riveter* back into the kitchen when

• new deal: series of economic programs passed between 1933 and 1936 that were meant to stimulate the economy after the great depression.
• rosie the riveter: a cultural icon in the u.s. who represented the women who worked in factories during world war ii.

Explanation:

Quotation marks can indicate irony, that the author is using the words in a non - literal or contested sense. They may also signal that these are terms from a particular cultural or ideological context. For the second part, one would need to search the text for products and descriptions of women's expected roles. For example, products could be magazines aimed at adult women with pink think ideas, and women were expected to conform to certain feminine behavior norms.

Answer:

1. The author uses quotation marks to show irony or to signal that the words are from a specific cultural/ideological context.
2. (Answers will vary based on the actual text content for products, expectations, and roles. For example) Products: Magazines for adult women. Expectations: Helplessness as a sign of femininity. Role: Conforming to proper feminine behavior as a solution to modern ills.