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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

The Ever-So-Famous Cathlic School Girl Skirt

Catholic school girls have two very separate myths in our subculture. Two major sects of society, males from the age of 15-30 and secondly the rest of the population, receive two separate images of our culture. To majority of society, Catholic School girls represent wholeness. Raised with a sturdy background in our faith and strictness in our daily routine, catholic school girls have been brought up to fit a mold of excellence. Excelling a sports and academia we as a whole portray a lifestyle which allows anyone to think that females can compete, and dominate, over males in all aspects.
For males aged 15-30 there is a completely separate propagated value- our sex appeal. With oxford shirts, penny loafers, knee highs, and the ever-so-famous catholic school girl skirt, the women of catholic schooling use their confidence taught to them in the classroom to become sexual, sexy, and viable women of society. This image scares other females, while becoming a fantasy to most males. This end up being a great conversational piece when first meeting an individual, ultimately lading to him asking the question—“Well, Do you still have your uniform?”

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