Discussion Name 2 things about your clothing choices that differ from your parents & teachers.

Discussion Should there be school rules on female clothing?

Discussion Should there be rules about how to dance at school dances?

Similar generational differences & arguments were happening 100 years ago!

Enforcing modesty- Enforcement of a rule at a beach in Washington, D.C., that bathing suits cannot be shorter than six inches over the knee.

1920s – The ‘Flapper’ ‘Flapper’ Style Flappers were considered reckless rebels. They had short sleek hair. They wore a shorter than average shapeless shift dress. They wore make-up and put it on in public. They exposed their legs in public.

1920s – The ‘Flapper’ Changes in Public Bathing Attire [Swimwear] Early 1920s Increasing sex appeal

1920s – The ‘Flapper’ ‘Flapper’ Attitudes “They found themselves expected to settle down into the humdrum routine of American life as if nothing had happened, to accept the moral dicta* of elders who seemed to them still to be living in a Pollyanna land of rosy ideals which the war had killed for them. They couldn't do it, and they very disrespectfully said so.” G. Stanley Hall, "Flapper Americana Novissima," Atlantic Monthly 129 (June 1922): 771. They treated sex in a more casual manner They were opposed to the conventional social and sexual norms “ On the Triangle trip Amory had come into constant contact with that great current American phenomenon, the ‘petting party.’ None of the Victorian mothers—and most of the mothers were Victorian—had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed.” This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald * Conventional – generally accepted * Dicta - judgments

1920s – The ‘Flapper’ ‘Flapper’ Amusements Listened to Jazz music Loved to dance Dreamed about a reefer 5 feet long mighty miff but not too strong you'll be high but not for long if you're a viper* I am the king of everything I've got to be high before I can sing light a tea and let it be if you're a viper Then your throat gets dry you know you're high everything is dandy truck on down to the corner store bust your mouth on peppermint candy Then you know your body's spent you don’t care if you don’t pay rent sky's high and so am I if you're a viper. * Viper – marijuana smoker

1920s – The ‘Flapper’ ‘Flapper’ Indulgences Drank hard liquor Smoked cigarettes

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