The more you analyze what makes these behaviors transgressive, the easier it is to see what they’re threatening: what it means to be a woman, of cour… - Anne Helen Petersen

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The more you analyze what makes these behaviors transgressive, the easier it is to see what they’re threatening: what it means to be a woman, of course, but also entrenched understandings of women’s passive role in society. While the book centers around highly visible women, it also reveals the expectations surrounding every woman’s behavior — and why talking too loudly, acting too promiscuously, or exposing too much skin is so incredibly threatening to the status quo.