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panaceas:
reread lines 8 - 20. note the words or phrases that are in quotes. why does the author use quotation marks with these words or phrases?
as you read lines 21 - 44, continue to cite textual evidence.

• circle products from the 1940s and 1970s that contained pink think ideas.
• underline examples of what women were expected to be like during the \early cold war years.\
• in the margin on the next page, describe womens expected role.

Explanation:

Quotation marks can indicate irony, skepticism, or that the author is using a term in a non - standard or borrowed sense. In lines 8 - 20, the author likely uses them to show that the concepts are being presented as ideas from a particular cultural mindset (pink think) rather than the author's own straightforward terms. For the tasks in lines 21 - 44, one would look for products like magazines aimed at adult women and child - rearing manuals that promoted certain feminine behaviors as evidence of pink think ideas. Examples of what women were expected to be like could include being helpless to appear feminine as described. The expected role of women was likely to conform to traditional feminine stereotypes in behavior, dress, and mindset.

Answer:

1. The author uses quotation marks to show irony or that the terms are from a particular cultural mindset rather than the author's own straightforward language.
2. Products: Magazines for adult women, child - rearing manuals. Examples of expectations: Helpless to appear feminine. Expected role: Conform to traditional feminine stereotypes in behavior, dress, and mindset.