Lenahan 1 Crystal Lenahan Professor Kirkpatrick English 101 18 October 2012 Queen Bee and the Wannabes What makes a Queen Bee, the queen? Easy, without the wannabe the queen bee wouldn’t be royalty. The Queen Bee is a mixture of charisma, force, money, looks, strong will and manipulation. She can silence other girls and boys with a look, and her popularity is based on fear and control. Unfortunately, the wannabe aims to please the Queen Bee, doing anything to get in her good grace.
Thus they endear themselves to white audiences and emerge as heroes of sorts. The Encarta World English dictionary defines coon as: a highly offensive term for a black person. Or raccoon. The coon is the most insulting portrayal of a black man. The coon was looked at as lazy, easily frightened, chronically idle inarticulate, buffoon.
“The construction of gender stereotyping of both males and females in the media is based on outdated and unfounded beliefs and therefore has had and continues to have a detrimental impact on society.” (Yes!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyfD1F7k1I Women are subjected to many stereotypes in today’s society. Movies and television shows suggest that all women are airheads, whose sole purpose in life is to please men and rear children. Magazines and other advertisements push photographs of very slender, over groomed and “sexy women” into our minds. Men’s magazines write articles on how to seduce a girl into sleeping with them.
The growth of England into an industrial country also brings along changes in female sexual expression and feminism, as women are allowed more freedom to express themselves inwardly. Stoker, a true Victorian, writes within his story about the change of women to sexual beings. Women of the time were expected to be pure, virgin, women devoted to their men. This ideal is portrayed through Mina and Lucy, as two stereotypical women of Victorian times. Despite Lucy’s flirtatious manner and breezy ways, both Mina and Lucy are pure and sweet women, truly in love with their men.
Maybe she has the most privileged lifestyle or she is the prettiest but there is a dominating factor that shows her as inferior to others. For example, in the movie Mean Girls, there is a pack of girls called “the plastics” and their alpha is Regina George, who recruits a new girl named Cady and makes her over into the newest member of the clique. The other girls that are a part of the clique are all fearing of Regina because she is pretty, rich and fits the ideal white high school female. “She’s the queen B- the other two are just her little workers.” (Mean Girls). Gretchen and Karen are Regina’s faithful minions who will do whatever it takes to stay in her good graces.
They are the main characters in the movie Pretty in Pink. Pretty in Pink depicts the teenage love affair between Andie, a poor and unpopular girl from the “wrong side of the tracks” and Blane a rich and popular guy. The movie is presented as a twist on the Cinderella story, and effectively it is. Andie, an underprivileged Cinderella, has to choose between two prom princes, a rich guy of her dreams (Blane), or the person who dedicated his life to her (Duckie). The story throughout the film follows sequential order of Andie and Blane falling in love and dealing with each several obstacles.
In A&P, it's obvious Sammy tries to impress the prettiest girl that walked in with her bathing suits along with her friends, whom he named "Queenie". As these girls walk in, the music changes and you see Sammy's attention turn to them and he forgot about the "witch" for a second and rings her "hose" twice. This shows he has an interest in her and will want to impress her and get her attention. He tried impressing her by quitting his job. He tells Lengal, "I said I quit".
The look epitomizes the term kinky and has also created a trademark as a porn fetish. Wearing this outfit will make you ooze in sexual prowess and it is also an eye-catcher. I mean who could really resist that kind of a "maid." 3) Sexy Bunny Rabbit Costume The sexy bunny rabbit look is a fashion trend that took inspiration from the cute and cuddly nature of a rabbit and turned it into an instrument of seduction. An outfit mostly associated with the ladies who model for the Playboy label/brand, the costume is a must have and it showcases a mixture of sexual innocence and nature.
She is portrayed as the virtuous and perfect woman. Unlike Lucy, Mina remains to be a pure woman before and after her marriage, her beauty and self control allows one to admire her. Dracula’s infatuation with Mina occurs when Harker is at his castle. The Count sees a picture of Mina and begins to seduce her by unleashing his sexuality and ability to seduce women through mind games. Dracula has gone from being a horrific antagonist to one of charm and love.
On the outside, Angela seems to have very high self-esteem; she is beautiful, successful, and proud of herself and brags about her supposed sexual encounters with various men. She is the object of desire in this film. This is shown to begin with at the basketball game. Lester and Carolyn have come to watch their daughter, Jane cheer for her schools cheerleading squad. The cheerleaders start their dance with Angela in the centre of the group.