In the story "A&P", most people could consider the clerk's narrations as anti-feminist. The girls in the story could be considered innovators. I'm sure in that day and age bikinis, even at the beach, were a little risque, let alone in a public grocery store. The girls, i feel, portray the misunderstood class in society, like the lower class. Sammy, the clerk, felt the impression that the girls put out and acted on feelings that I'm sure had been present for quite some time.
One stereotype in society is that men look at women like a "piece of meat", and I cannot say that this story does not portray that. Sammy is extremely descriptive about the girls walking into the store, but, in a way, he almost goes too far. Granted, it is just his thoughts, and he acts like a hero in front of the ladies. I believe that feminism may have not been the most major aspect to this story, but more so just the social hierarchy in that time.
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