For This Intervention:

For this intervention, the idea is not to completely change one's perspective of a sorority girl, but rather for one to become aware of what the images of "sorority girls" are in the media. This theme of the pink-wearing, fake boobed, gold digging, attractive, ditzy, slutty sorority girl makes all women look bad, it is debatably one of the worst images of women in the media. The image of the "sorority girl" has moved beyond portrayals of members of made-up sororities in movies. Now the idea of a “sorority girl” in the media can be thought of as any girl who is pink-wearing, fake-boobed, attractive, gold digging, ditzy and slutty, which is currently quite a popular image in media. This creates a situation in which people may assume a woman who displays any of these characteristics to be the “sorority girl” type. For example, if an attractive woman wearing a pink suit walks into a business meeting, some may assume that she is also slutty and dumb and not worth taking business advice from, when in reality this woman may be a genius who enjoys wearing the color pink. So this image of the “sorority girl” in the media creates a problem for all women, forcing them to don themselves in drab attire and act about as lively as a seventy-five year old nun to gain any respect from others in society, especially respect from men in a business setting. The image of a “sorority girl” in media concurrently creates a problem for men as well, by setting up a certain set of associations of and expectations for women.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Sydney White

This is a trailer for the movie Sydney White. Please pay attention to how this completely justifies and uses the sorority girl stereotype. The "blonde, perfect, #1 on campus," etc. Then also pay attention to how this movie/clip shows that if you are a girl and you are different from the "norm" you will be shunned! Just one of the many stereotypes the media uses for Greeks. It gives not only a terrible display of sorority women, but women in general! Unlike many other movies, this one does have a great point to show that even this girl, Sydney White, will be fine if she just continues to be herself and not change just because that is what the "popular" girls want of her in order to fit in. This movie does depict women in a bad manner at the same time though as showing them as beautiful, conniving, and young women who will do whatever needed to be on top. Please watch the preview and tell us what you think!


CLICK HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q8DfAH7UxI
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Famulous said...

Once again the media takes a cheap shot at women that are pretty. In this instance the media is saying that beautiful women have a very stringent pecking order. They are implying that if this order is challenged that the beautiful will turn on their own. This is ridiculous. Most women are great at relationships. We honor and celebrate our friends. For the media to imply that we are only content when keeping our friends beneth us is ridiculous. In this movie, the writers take once again that oh so familiar pot shot at the stereotypical soroity. If soroities were really like this do will really think they would still exist?

December 15, 2008 at 2:52 PM

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