As a freshman girl just finishing up her first week in college, I think this article was really enlightening and interesting to read. When I first began reading the article, I thought how ridiculous it was sounding and how women certainly have more self respect that to adhere to the requests that some of the “frat boys” had who were referred to in this editorial. However, as I continued reading, I realized how accurate Lisa Belkin was. A quote by a Princeton junior whom Belkin interviewed, addressing the dress code for students going out, really made me realize how correct Belkin’s assumptions were. The student remarked, “When the guys go to the Street they are laid-back, casual, like they are going to class,” he said. “But the women come in, in short cocktail dresses, makeup, high heels” (1). As I think back to last night, walking around my noisy dorm filled with freshmen getting ready to go out, I think of the boys in backwards hats and Nike t-shirts and the girls in tight dresses and enough jewelry on to open up a store! As I kept going back to Belkin’s article for quotes, I was just amazed with the accuracy of her statements and how, as a Princeton grad herself, she understood how students think this kind of behavior is okay in college, yet disagrees with it as an adult. A student at the University of Utah agreed by stating, “[College is] the designated time to try new things and get stuff out of your system. If parents were still in our mindset, they would understand. I think that every person has been there, but I think when I grow up I will look back and think it’s unhealthy. Because it’s animalistic. But it’s just what happens at this age” (2). I guess I’ll have to come back to this article and see how I’m feeling in a few decades!
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