Notes

Questions about purpose
1. That leads us to choose scarlet over pale pink,” this sentence mentions about how Latin woman chose a more of a primary red than a pale pink because of older women who have grown up on natural tropical island in which primary color was key, and this leads to why it’s custom and not chromosomes. As custom they didn’t really have a choice. This help explain the concept of stereotypes by the fact that in the island she mentioned, “You may look at my sister, but if you touch her I will kill you.” As this shows how they were dressed in the island and woman in their current culture still dress this way which leads to men often thinking of them as sexual objects of some sort.

Questions about audience
2. She uses the example of piropos to educate her audience by talking about what happened in the island. In which woman dressed up and gave the male an opportunity to admire but they could never “cross into obscenity.” This shows what happens in the island and which also leads to why certain woman dressed this way in which in the place they were at they were protected and the men understood what they couldn’t do. Which educates her audience in which why often how they dress in America may looked a “come on”.

Questions about strategies
1. Cofer uses the detail of Career day to explain how a cultural stereotype is perpetuated by talking about how during career day her teacher told them to come dress as if it was for a job interview. In which she didn’t really know how to dress as in her family no one dress like that. The girls in the family were always dress older than their age. Also she mentions, “The way our teachers and classmates looked at us that day in school was just a taste of the culture clash that awaited us in the real world, where prospective employers and men on the street would often misinterpret our tight skirts and jingling bracelets as a come-on.” This shows the stereotype as they were seen more of a sexual object or not as how people would view other woman.