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Rachel Simmons

Isn't prom just a fun dance that hardworking students deserve? Sure, but it's also an event where girls internalize damaging cultural messages. Those who are exalted on this "once in a lifetime" night offer an object lesson in how modern girls are expected to look and ac

She learns that she must have money to attend the prom

She learns that conventional beauty is valued above all else

She learns that the most valued girls must wait to be asked

She learns to broadcast every minute of it to get 'likes'

She learns that straight is better

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/opinion/simmons-girls-proms/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

Oh Good Grief!