Every week we will be writing about what we see in the world
of media and how it influences our perceptions of gender stereotypes. This week
we will be watching the movie "Mean Girls", a 2004 movie targeted to
North American teenage girls. Although this movie has an abundance of
stereotypes; including those about race, class, and even age, we will be
focusing on the gender stereotypes throughout the movie. More specifically, we
will be focusing on two characters. The first character is Damien, the gay
friend to the main character Cady Heron. The second character is Janice Ian,
the "thought-to-be lesbian".
We will be looking at how Damien's body and sexuality as
well as Janice's body and sexuality are constructed in the movie to reinstate
our stereotypes about gender and sexuality.
Mean Girls Trailer
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