The Movie Easy A: Glorifying the Slut Stereotype roles, relationships and society's perception of gender. people based on their appearance, sexual promiscuity or alleged promiscuity, etc. Easy A (2011) represents an example clarifying the impact of gender socialization on today's youth through several concepts such as slut shaming, slut glorification, questioning of masculinity, dating, gender expectations and social acceptance. This film mainly focuses on female promiscuity. Olive, the main character, is automatically labeled a slut, after a rumor she unwittingly started during a bathroom conversation. Soon, word spread and Olive became a “school slut” within minutes. What is important is that our language influences the way people perceive themselves; furthermore, how society labels and references people with gender expression (Rozema, notes, 2014). The specific terminologies determining positive or negative sexual expression between men and women differ significantly. Think about it. How many positive terms describe a sexually active woman? Maybe she is hot and/or sexy (Tanebaum, 2000, p. xi). How many positive terms describe a sexually active man? He is a stallion, Romeo, the man, a stallion, etc. (Tanebaum, 2000, p. xi). Here the positive language describing women all focuses on appearance and for men it focuses on achievements (Rozema, notes, 2014). For example, Olive gains her label through gossip, but maintains it through her appearance. The male peers in this film earn labels through their actions and conquests. Now, the negative feminine connotations obviously outweigh the positive ones. Like the drag, the tart, the floozy, the slut,...... middle of paper...... we begin to generate rumors for our male peers that are not considered stereotypical. male. For example, Olive pretends to have sex with a male peer at a popular festival (Gluck, 2010). This imagined relationship benefits the male peer's bullying dilemma. Again, gender surveillance occurs between men when masculinity is questioned (Kimmel, 2008). “A survey found that most American boys would rather be punched in the face than called gay” (Kimmel, 2000, p.77). Gender policing governs the social status of Olive and her male peers. America's obsession with sex doesn't take into account whether a girl is actually sleeping. Works Cited Kimmel, M.S. (2008). Guyland: the perilous world where boys become men. New York: Harper. Rozema. Remarks. (2014)Tanebaum, L. (2000). Slut! Growing up as a woman with a bad reputation. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Inc.

Essay / The Movie Easy A: Glorifying the Slut Stereotype roles, relationships and society's perception of gender. people based on their appearance, sexual promiscuity or alleged promiscuity, etc. Easy A (2011) represents an example clarifying the impact of gender socialization on today's youth through several concepts such as slut shaming, slut glorification, questioning of masculinity, dating, gender expectations and social acceptance. This film mainly focuses on female promiscuity. Olive, the main character, is automatically labeled a slut, after a rumor she unwittingly started during a bathroom conversation. Soon, word spread and Olive became a “school slut” within minutes. What is important is that our language influences the way people perceive themselves; furthermore, how society labels and references people with gender expression (Rozema, notes, 2014). The specific terminologies determining positive or negative sexual expression between men and women differ significantly. Think about it. How many positive terms describe a sexually active woman? Maybe she is hot and/or sexy (Tanebaum, 2000, p. xi). How many positive terms describe a sexually active man? He is a stallion, Romeo, the man, a stallion, etc. (Tanebaum, 2000, p. xi). Here the positive language describing women all focuses on appearance and for men it focuses on achievements (Rozema, notes, 2014). For example, Olive gains her label through gossip, but maintains it through her appearance. The male peers in this film earn labels through their actions and conquests. Now, the negative feminine connotations obviously outweigh the positive ones. Like the drag, the tart, the floozy, the slut,...... middle of paper...... we begin to generate rumors for our male peers that are not considered stereotypical. male. For example, Olive pretends to have sex with a male peer at a popular festival (Gluck, 2010). This imagined relationship benefits the male peer's bullying dilemma. Again, gender surveillance occurs between men when masculinity is questioned (Kimmel, 2008). “A survey found that most American boys would rather be punched in the face than called gay” (Kimmel, 2000, p.77). Gender policing governs the social status of Olive and her male peers. America's obsession with sex doesn't take into account whether a girl is actually sleeping. Works Cited Kimmel, M.S. (2008). Guyland: the perilous world where boys become men. New York: Harper. Rozema. Remarks. (2014)Tanebaum, L. (2000). Slut! Growing up as a woman with a bad reputation. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Inc.

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