Can We Say No to Bachelorette Parties?
I'm not sure which part of hell bachelorette parties came from so I decided to look it up. The first article that surfaced gave me a twinge. It read, "Drinking games, strippers, and phallic party favours. These three things in conjunction are the hallmarks of the modern bachelorette party." Reading that only deepened my need to want to know why? Why must we do this? I read further and it turned out that while the tradition of the bridal shower has existed since the fifteenth century, the first recorded "bachelor party" happened in the year 1922. By the 1960s, it said that changing gender norms inspired brides-to-be to exchange their tame bridal showers for their very own version of the raunchy bachelor party, the bachelorette. Into the 1980s it was a chance for brides to celebrate their sexuality, and today it's become part and parcel with modern wedding planning. Interesting to note that somewhere along the line we exchanged the bridal shower for the ...
