Women And The Rise Of Raunch Culture Analysis

Thomas Jefferson once wisely said that “in matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” In Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” he broaches serious matters of principles and stood “like a rock” against King George III’s inadequate and cruel autocracy. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson explicitly states twenty-seven situations when the King misused his power and violated the colonists’ “inalienable rights” of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, therefore, impelling the colonist's separation from their mother country. In Ariel Levy’s “Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture” she also addresses certain matters of principle-such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Levy wrote about how she was a feminist all her life who attended a feminist college that can kick her out if she used "girl"(38) to belittle other women. However, she disclosed that this mainstream culture affected how she talked. Levy stated how she started using "chick"(38), which she mentioned was only because of the culture around her and this was important because “girl” and “chick” were used by men who refer to the type of women they meet at a bar-women who were very vulgar and “raunchy”(39). This was significant because if she was a feminist who was affected by this culture, then to what extent will the next generation of women go to in order to feel empowered? Like how Levy used an example to strengthen her argument of credibility, Jefferson wrote not one but twenty-seven struggles that displayed when the British “Prince”(33) misused his power. The reasons written by Jefferson belittled the British King’s authority, but they also uncovered the struggle that the colonists’ went through before they had enough. These reasons indicate how much these people have endured through the cruel government of a “Prince”(33) before they decided as a unified group to declare the separation from their mother country. As a result, both Levy and Jefferson use of examples

To show relatable struggles, Jefferson writes to King George III out of respect the twenty-seven situations when the King misused his power. Some of Jefferson’s examples included the King establishing arbitrary government, disregarding petitions, and by destroying the lives of the colonists-in order to make the connection between Jefferson’s message and his empathy for his fellow-colonists who paid the price for the King’s cruelty. Jefferson argued that the matters of principle that he stood for were deprived by King George III’s cruel government that destroyed the colonists’ lives. Similarly, Levy also addressed her matters of principle, however, she focused the effect of modern pop culture on recent generation of women when it came to feeling liberated because of the way these women acted. Levy used her mother’s generation, pop culture influences, and how even she fell into the bacchanal behaviours women tried to embody. Both Jefferson and Levy strongly believed in the matters of principle-such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Jefferson believed that all men were created equal; if a government was abusing its power to take away any of these human rights, then he believed it was the citizen's duty to overthrow that government. Like Jefferson, Levy stood for