When our performances change to adapt to our environment, abandon our individuality and blend into the atmosphere. In Faludi's story, she tells how the young men attending the Citadel act the same way and follow the traditions passed down from the older cadets. Faludi writes: “And anyway, after the first year, men no longer have their heads shaved” (Faludi 75). When Faludi says “no more shaving their heads,” the implication is that all first-year cadets must shave their heads, and in doing so, they are meeting expectations. Men do not question what they are told to do, in doing so they abandon their identity and blend in with everyone around them. The Citadel does not expect rebellion from these men, just as Bell does not speak of expectations from men in his essay. Bell is only referring to the expectations of women, not men. She writes, “They have more freedom than women would have imagined a few generations ago” (Bell 26). When Bell writes “more freedom,” it implies that even though women now enjoy freedom, they still have slightly lower expectations than women of previous generations. However, she never mentions the limitations of men. They have no expectations. Through the works of Bell and Faludi, it is shown that where women are limited in many things, men simply conform to society by sacrificing their