Both released in 2010, Easy A, directed by Will Gluck and The Duff written by Kody Keplinger, successfully comment on the social pressures that teenagers suffer under. Addressing issues such as sex, gossip and labelling and the effects they have on the victim. Teenagers in this generations are the brunt of two societal views of sex both texts rebutting those stereotypes. One being ‘sex is bad, anyone who has sex is a slut’. This is effects both protagonists, both suffering from self-hatred at their supposed ‘slut’ title. Interestingly, neither author fully specifies what exactly a ‘slut’ is, allowing their protagonist an out. Olive isn’t really a slut; she just creates a “slutty persona”. Bianca, shouldn’t be called a slut because she’s only having sex to deal with her emotional issues, same as Wesley, who is only a “man whore” to fulfil his loneliness. The other social demand the characters suffer from is the reverse stereotype, the belief that “Of course you want sex, sex is amazing”. This is a prominent issue in both texts, but the issue is addressed in two separate ways. …show more content…
Olive and Wesley are outcast for the rumours on their sex lives but interestingly they both befriend the “resident gay guy” as their friend. While Wesley simply doesn’t have any other friends, Olive was unmistakable bullied and hated against, many scene featuring Olive standing alone centre-screen while people surround her while whispering and pointing. Olive is also embarrassed by public condemning’s. In almost every scene, Olive is alone, this emphasised by the camera holding Olive in focus in the centre of the screen which gives the atmosphere of isolation and the constant background of crowds in the school assists in also perceiving alienation. Bianca is an outcast due to her social-awkwardness and the later, she rejects her friends because of her feelings of confusion and