Today in class we discussed aggressiveness in girls. There is certainly a distinction between the ways in which girls and boys exhibit aggression. Boys tend to be physically aggressive whereas girls are usually indirectly aggressive. In a way, I think this type of aggression is even worse than physical aggression. Girls can be very coniving towards one another and in some cases they will secretly be harming other girls. When one girl is angry at another she might tell everyone a rumor about the other girl in order to hurt her emotionally. At least when guys are aggressive towards one another they know it is happening.
In the movie clips we saw some of the different ways in which aggressive women are portrayed. The clips got me to think about other movies that have aggressive female characters. The one movie that instantly comes to mind is Mean Girls. In this movie, the girls all partake in aggressive behaviors. Their aggressiveness is also done in an indirect and coniving way. When the one girl decides to take out the alpha girl of the group she decides she needs to do a few key things to destroy her. These things include turning her friends against her, ruining her body, and getting rid of her guy. So basically this girl is taking away all that which the other girl defines herself by. I highly doubt that a guy would plot to destroy another guy's life in this way.
Okay, so Mean Girls is just a movie and it is somewhat exaggerated, but this type of behavior certainly occurs, especially in high school. In fact, the movie is rather similar to events that took place in my high school. Anyone who thinks girls are not aggressive should pay a little closer attention to the actions of high school girls.
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