Fraterrigo frames her narrative of images of women through mainstream media by giving us the background of Friedan’s Feminine Mystique. She uses the main points of Friedan’s work in order to push the reader to think about the topic of the essay. While she doesn’t necessarily give her opinion of the perspective that is given by Friedan, she does give a sort of direct the way the reader sees the information.
The style isn’t too complicated, but is does sound of academia. While in the start of this intro, the information seems to be just matter-of-fact, but as it gets to the next paragraph, the reader feels that the Friedan did not present the whole picture. Fraterrigo is here to give a critique on the Feminine Mystique and offer more outside ideas that aren’t just mainstream media of the 50s and 60s. By using this style, it doesn’t necessarily say that Friedan is wrong, but tells the audience to look at more information and not to value the original text as “complete/comprehensive.”
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