Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Free Write - Drama Queen

I think that the term "drama queen" is a sexist term.  I believe that it is only directed toward females.  I have heard "drama king" as well.  Most of the time when you have a drama king and a drama queen, they are friends or are associated with each other some way or another.  That's why you have to divide it into the two terms.  It would be confusing if you called both of them drama queens.  If you call a guy a drama queen, it's kind of like a double insult.  You are calling them dramatic and a girly-man.  I have never been on the receiving end of being called a drama king of queen so I think that either term is funny.  I'm a mellow person.  If someone called me dramatic, they would end up being the dramatic one for making a mountain out of a mole-hill by calling a mellow person dramatic.  It's typical for women to be more dramatic than men, especially in high school.  This is probably because girls have nothing better to do and don't confront people with their problems directly.  Mean Girls, the movie, is a perfect example of this; girls going behind other girls' backs and starting a rumor that snowballs into something else.  Drama is complicated.  That's why I don't get caught up in it.

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