Comments on: Teen Movies Need A Girls’ Night Out http://www.ypulse.com/teen-movies-need-a-girls-night-out Daily news and insight into the Millennial generation for media and marketing professionals Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jess http://www.ypulse.com/teen-movies-need-a-girls-night-out/comment-page-1#comment-1399 Jess Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:14 +0000 http://ypulse.com/wordpress/?p=3234#comment-1399 I think that it is harder to portray teen girls because they seem to be more emotionally complex (im generalizing). I remember girls from high school that would talk about sex just as much and just as explicit as the guys in the movie...however like the old stigma girls can be seen as slutty while guys are heroes when it comes to sexual activity. It is hard to find that balance in portraying positive realistic female teen characters...maybe sophia coppola could give it another try (I loved the Virgin Suicides). I think that it is harder to portray teen girls because they seem to be more emotionally complex (im generalizing). I remember girls from high school that would talk about sex just as much and just as explicit as the guys in the movie…however like the old stigma girls can be seen as slutty while guys are heroes when it comes to sexual activity. It is hard to find that balance in portraying positive realistic female teen characters…maybe sophia coppola could give it another try (I loved the Virgin Suicides).

]]> By: Paul Loeffler http://www.ypulse.com/teen-movies-need-a-girls-night-out/comment-page-1#comment-1398 Paul Loeffler Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:02:55 +0000 http://ypulse.com/wordpress/?p=3234#comment-1398 I agree with you that girls know quite well how to talk about sex, but aren't nearly as raunchy. My wife tells me of these conversations quite often (more between her and her friends than the ones she has with the girls we work with). My thoughts in response to yours are this: 1)Girls may talk about it, but (call it stereotyping if you like) generally do so in the context of actually caring about somebody rather than just using men as objects; 2) Maybe girls don't talk as raunchy as boys because they have more class and/or maturity (again, a generalization, but one I've seen again and again), especially teen girls vs. teen boys; 3) You won't see many movies like your suggesting because most directors and producers are men, and because the current type sells, or they perceive it will sell, better than what you're suggesting. I agree with you that girls know quite well how to talk about sex, but aren’t nearly as raunchy. My wife tells me of these conversations quite often (more between her and her friends than the ones she has with the girls we work with). My thoughts in response to yours are this: 1)Girls may talk about it, but (call it stereotyping if you like) generally do so in the context of actually caring about somebody rather than just using men as objects; 2) Maybe girls don’t talk as raunchy as boys because they have more class and/or maturity (again, a generalization, but one I’ve seen again and again), especially teen girls vs. teen boys; 3) You won’t see many movies like your suggesting because most directors and producers are men, and because the current type sells, or they perceive it will sell, better than what you’re suggesting.

]]> By: Eric Jaffa http://www.ypulse.com/teen-movies-need-a-girls-night-out/comment-page-1#comment-1397 Eric Jaffa Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:57:31 +0000 http://ypulse.com/wordpress/?p=3234#comment-1397 "The Sweetest Thing" with Cameron Diaz is a raunchy, female-perspective movie. The characters aren't teenagers, though. “The Sweetest Thing” with Cameron Diaz is a raunchy, female-perspective movie.

The characters aren’t teenagers, though.

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