gender roles

I enjoyed our discussion in class on the differences between women and men's personalities. The clip of Dave Chappell's stand up was very funny, partially because it was true. Women are more emotional than men are from a general stand point, and he did a good job of putting that into comedy. However Mastro's reading gave a different perspective on negative stereotypes of gender roles and female friendships. I completely agree that media consumption has an influence on people's perceptions of the real world. Teen movies do have an impressionable impact on youth today.I believe this is partially because even as girls may be portrayed as more socially agressive and deal with friendship issues, they seem to glamorize it. The movie mean girls depicts bullying and the "queen bee's" of high school, but yet it's a subject that is real and does actually happen. While it's entertaining to watch, is it really impacting teenagers negatively? I have read and seen on TV young girls who are committing suicide due to bullying in school as well as online. Since this is a real life issue it makes movies such as mean girls less entertaining. The article also mentioned that female to female friendships foster more positive outcomes such as peer intergration and adjustments in school, and that can result in important positive roles for adolescents and young adults. If they portrayed males in movies like this it wouldnt be as entertaining or beneficial. At the end of the day the industry has to make money, and teen movies sell. Whether the outcome is a good lesson or not, we can all agree that teen movies are based off of real life. The question is, how much is too much?