Mean Girls

In the movie Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan epitomizes what the stereotypical teenage girl. She becomes obsessed with making her appealing to a guy. She wears the low cut tops and short skirts and also pretends to be dumb in math to get attention from this guy. I know that some girls would follow her example and make it their goal in life to be the girl they think will attract the hot guy, even if that means changing who they are or sacrificing their grades. Society puts this idea into girls that boys like girls who are not intellectually as smart as them so they can boost their egos, but from my own experience, I think it is actually the opposite. Most of my guy friends are attracted to girls who are smart and independent, and my girl friends do not think they have to dumb themselves down to be attractive in a guy's eyes. I would not pretend to be dumb to get a guy because I want a guy to like me for who I am, and it would get tiring and annoying to constantly be something that does not come naturally to me. The movie also emphasizes how "the plastics"dress the same way every day, participate in all the same activities and hang out with all of the same people. This idea of every girl fitting one stereotype discourages appreciaton for diversity and individuality. Each person is different, which is good, and if every girl dressed and acted in the same way trying to get a guy's attention, they would all be replaceable. Each individual personality shines through in the way people dress, the way they treat other people and the activities they participate in.