Raised in the suburbs of Louisiana former Mouseketeer, Britney Spears appears accompanied with eye catching flashing lights and dazzling high tech special effects. ... For the last six years they have stood behind Britney while watching her grow up from a sixteen year old teenager in a plaid skirt and knee highs, into a twenty-two year old woman wearing mini skirts and thigh highs. ... In the last six years parents have watched Britney go from a naughty Catholic school girl with a shirt knotted instead of tucked in, into a completely shirtless model with knotted beads strategically wrapped a...

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An example of how identity plays a role in a woman's life stems from the fact that "In some ways Alicias family molded her into being a good girlshe was raised Catholic, and her family forbade her from dating in high school"(37) which gave the image to her family that she was a saint when they were unaware of what she could possibly do behind their backs. ... The predetermined path would be dropping out of high school and being a teen mom and so Alicia rebelled by taking advantage of education in order to move out of poverty and out of a neighborhood that would cast a shadow ...

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Still, her adopting a child does not mean that she abandons her ideals regarding a woman's self-independence; instead, she fits into what Young defines as a spinster, that is, "a woman not defined by her lack of a husband but rather as a woman with a trade, an independent woman- (357). ... Since she is a teenager, she makes evident her belief about men and women being the same when referring to a boy at a high school dance: "Susan, there is absolutely no difference between you and me and him- (The Heidi Chronicles 164). ... Still, as stated previously, her adopting Judy does not imply tha...

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