On Punk And Not Being A Girl Summary

Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s culture is right or normal. In this instance, ethnocentrism is displayed by one group thinking they are superior to another. All around the world each culture has their own set of different groups. For example, the United States has the typical cultural groups that separate themselves from each other, especially in high school. You have the jocks, preps, nerds, and goths. Another group in the past were the punks. The main way these groups separate themselves is by the clothing that they wear. This is proven in Clothing Matters by Carol Delaney and On Punk and Not Being a Girl by Lavinia Greenlaw.
Delaney states that "Man is born free but is everywhere in chains." This is implying that each and every one of us are forced into a clothing style. Clothing is what we are labeled by. However, to have our own style is important though. Being labeled helps find others who are like us. It is stated that clothing can have its distinctions. For example, there is a good chance you will not see a goth girl hanging out with a preppy cheerleader in high school. This proves that clothing separates us into a certain categorized group. Clothing not
Greenlaw stated when she moved people were giving her "compliments" but they were actually commenting on her differences. Greenlaw went through a stage of finding herself. First it was going disco to fit in with the rest of the girls, but yet at the end she found her tomboyish side rubbing into a punk style. This was hard for her at some point along of the line because she was a girl. Most girls at the time did not fall into the punk category, so when there finally was a girl in this group, guys thought this meant she was willing to get intimate with them, while in reality, she just wanted to be friends with the people in the group she fell