“The dumb blonde is characterized by her hair color, sexuality, and lack of intellect.” (Milestone and Myer. She is also named a slut repeatedly to fulfill the dumb blonde stereotype that Milestone and Meyer take about. The character even admits that she is dumb, and is completely okay with it. Whenever she speaks, the point is for the audience to laugh at her lack of intelligence.
WHATS WRONG WITH THE GIRLS FACE ON HISTERA MOVIE MOVIE
Gretchen is continuously called stupid and dumb throughout the movie by a variety of characters. These three characters embody the idea that women do not have a high intellectual capacity and only care about their outwards appearance. It also impacts the way young girls think about the way they want to live, and their ambitions and goals in life.Īdditionally, certain members of the ‘plastics clique’, namely Regina George and Gretchen Wieners, resemble the dumb blonde stereotype. This negatively impacts the way that society views women (as boy obsessed, and childish, incapable of having a legitimate career or serious task). The film even takes it to the extent that a woman should fail math class (even though they are talented in this field) just to get a boy’s attention. Overall, this “male’s attention-seeking” character sends a message to the audience that tells girls to focus on men and relationships rather than their career or other things. This implies and sends the message to the viewers that if there is an attractive male, women should focus on them instead of the math competition or task at hand. Norbury tells Cady that she should have no trouble focusing because there are no cute boys on the opposing team to distract her. 97) This idea is enforced again nearing the end of the movie, during the mathlete competition when Ms. All they want is a man.” (Milestone and Myer.
“… girls are not shown to be thinking about career success, job satisfaction or financial independence. Milestone and Myer (2012) talk about the traditional ideology that women should focus on getting a boyfriend or husband, and that is what feminine success should be based on. This is seen throughout the film, and is clearly evident when she dumbs herself down in calculus class in order to obtain Aaron Samuels’s attention. By portraying various gender stereotypes, the poplar media work, Mean Girls, shapes and influences its viewers to conform to the stereotypical gender roles and personalities.įirstly, the main character, Cady Haren, portrays a woman who is obsessed with men and will do anything for their attention. I will be analyzing the typical gender roles depicted in the film and relating them to their influence on the target audience (young, female teenagers and adolescents). Each character in the movie presents themselves as a gender stereotype, from the dumb blonde’s, to the “masculine” jocks and attention seeking girls. The film, Mean Girls, released in 2004, is an iconic and well-known movie that influences young minds and sculpts the viewers into solidifying gender roles and stereotypes.
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