The Dangers of Double Standards
Many movies, TV shows, and films in society today portray the double standard with men and woman’s sexuality, shine light on the negative stereotypes, and show many double binds and gender blurs we see in our society every day. An example of a film that portrays every single one of these concepts is the movie Easy A, which takes place in Ojai, California. This movie tells the story of a young teenage girl named Olive, who ultimately gets pressured by her best friend into lying about her sexual activities and promiscuity. Told from Olives point of view in a documentary style, Olive explains how her world gets flipped upside down when being pressured by her best friend about her sexual activities over the weekend, …show more content…
From getting picked on for being too feminine and sensitive, to being called ‘gay’ and harassed every day at school for having not slept with a girl yet, Brandon is a definite victim to bullying. High school is hell for Brandon until Olive agrees to have fake sex with him at a party, and his world gets flipped upside down. The scene of Brandon and Olive having fake sex is actually pretty amusing, as they make weird funny noises and bang on the walls, it is very comical, but the atmosphere totally changes when they walk out of the bedroom. After the fact, Brandon gets congratulated, high fived, cheered for, and called ‘the man.’ One guy even approaches Brandon asking, ‘how was she?’ as if Olive was just a car he took out for a test drive. Brandon’s peers now look up to him, as this scene raises his popularity status, and he is no longer the overly sensitive gay guy that gets bullied on a day to day …show more content…
(219) Nonetheless, there are many double binds we see as an audience in the film Easy A. For example, at the beginning of the film, Olives peers see her as a prude, or geeky for not being sexually active, but when rumor goes around that she loses her virginity, they now see her as a ‘slut’ and ‘easy’. These are two ideas that totally contradicted themselves, and are ultimately impossible to achieve at the same time. It’s almost like society is saying ‘have sex or you’re a prude’ and ‘if you have sex you’re a
Many movies, TV shows, and films in society today portray the double standard with men and woman’s sexuality, shine light on the negative stereotypes, and show many double binds and gender blurs we see in our society every day. An example of a film that portrays every single one of these concepts is the movie Easy A, which takes place in Ojai, California. This movie tells the story of a young teenage girl named Olive, who ultimately gets pressured by her best friend into lying about her sexual activities and promiscuity. Told from Olives point of view in a documentary style, Olive explains how her world gets flipped upside down when being pressured by her best friend about her sexual activities over the weekend, …show more content…
From getting picked on for being too feminine and sensitive, to being called ‘gay’ and harassed every day at school for having not slept with a girl yet, Brandon is a definite victim to bullying. High school is hell for Brandon until Olive agrees to have fake sex with him at a party, and his world gets flipped upside down. The scene of Brandon and Olive having fake sex is actually pretty amusing, as they make weird funny noises and bang on the walls, it is very comical, but the atmosphere totally changes when they walk out of the bedroom. After the fact, Brandon gets congratulated, high fived, cheered for, and called ‘the man.’ One guy even approaches Brandon asking, ‘how was she?’ as if Olive was just a car he took out for a test drive. Brandon’s peers now look up to him, as this scene raises his popularity status, and he is no longer the overly sensitive gay guy that gets bullied on a day to day …show more content…
(219) Nonetheless, there are many double binds we see as an audience in the film Easy A. For example, at the beginning of the film, Olives peers see her as a prude, or geeky for not being sexually active, but when rumor goes around that she loses her virginity, they now see her as a ‘slut’ and ‘easy’. These are two ideas that totally contradicted themselves, and are ultimately impossible to achieve at the same time. It’s almost like society is saying ‘have sex or you’re a prude’ and ‘if you have sex you’re a