Don't be the slut....

Sign-exchange value is the most prominent commodification found in this story. Almost all of these instructions given portray the ideological woman. A woman who won’t exert herself promiscuously, cooks the proper way, cleans the proper way, goes to church and so on. All of these promote an image of woman that in a lot of societies is highly looked upon and in return have a high social status placed on the owner. A lot of times this social status can be exchanged for a prominent marriage or added privileges. This story reminds me a lot of the 1954 attitude on how to be a good wife, where the idea of “looking” the part and “acting” the part is more important than anything else a woman can bring to the table. It doesn’t just include woman in both of these examples, men are put into pressurized roles of social ranking just like woman are. It feels like our country is a lot of times more interested on whether or not you portray the ideal image rather than being that type of image deep down. Acting like a gentleman is more important than if you really are one. The sign-exchange value has greater worth than the use value.