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With the multiple groups that exist within the school, the plastics are seen as the highest in the ranking of students. During lunch, the tables are separated so each perspective group has their own place to converse and feast. CC

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the girls in the video are shown as the popular girls at school. Since they are popular, people expect them to adhere or show up to that standard which limits the clothes they can wear and the styles. They also always seek approval from their peers or other people.
CC

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New members of the "Plastics" are manipulated into believing that they have to follow all the groups rules and change everything about themselves to fit in. If they don't they'll have to sit with the "Art Freaks" which will drastically drop their social standing. That's a LOT of pressure being put on new recruits. -PH

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There are multiple groups in the school and the "Plastics" are seen as the top group out of all of them. The lunch tables are separated so that each group has their own section. -PH

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In The "Plastics" you are required to wear specific types of clothing that the society approves of. There's also a rule where you have to keep the drama in the group low so you can't like anyone else's ex. -PH

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The motivation of the characters in the video is the attention and popularity that the girls receive from other students and staff of the school. The girls seek the validation from others in order to boost their confidence and keep the stunt (or act of popularity) going.
(D.W 2b)

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The women in the video are depicted as the most popular and well known students in the school. Being the fact that the girls have so much attention, they are limited to certain types of clothing and styles due to their popularity and and seek of approval from society. (D.W 2b)

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The girls are in a way limited to how they can wear their hair or what type of pants they're wearing. They can only wear a certain type of pants on certain days. -CD

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"The plastics" view themselves as a higher class than the "Art Freaks". The lunch tables are separated by way of social classes. -CD

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There is a lot of pressure in school and she has to try and control who she likes and am who she thinks about because some people might not like who she likes. Therefore it can put a lot of pressure on her psychologically.-asm

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Because she is a girl she has to be more conscious with what she wears and when she wears it. She also has to keep the drama between her and her new “friends” to a minimum so she can’t like her friend’s ex. Asm

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The plastics came seem to come off as these one note, snotty characters that are just fumigating ignorance. But I believe that in-depths, there's more. So why do they feel the need to follow these rules?
Well it's obvious that they care about their appearance or how they present themselves. I believe that it could have do something with a sense of class. Each and everyone of them believe that if they follow these rules, they are presented as the prettiest, most attractive individuals in the school, let's not forget the boys. So when you have followed all these rules, and truly believe that you are the prettiest, what girl wouldn't want to be like you?
I could also be deep feelings of insecurity. This, like, 2 minute, doesn't show us the girls' experiences before this. What if at the middle school they went to, they were the considered the ugliest girls. So they feel as if they need to follow these made up rules, to not have to deal with the insecurities they developed in their past.
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In their current society you have to act a certain way. While also using the current slang and dress a typical way to fit in or to be popular. M.C

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While "The Plastics" were explaining the rules of the school, this was a way of getting the new girl to join their group and act like them. This works because they are the popular girls and most people would want to be associated with them NW

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The Plastics attempt to manipulate their new "recruits" by claiming that if they are caught breaking any of their rules, they must sit with the Art Freaks, which lowers their social standing.

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The fact that they manipulate new members into changing their lifestyle to meet their expectations and be like them is an example of psychological lens.

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It is written out as the Plastics being at the top of the class structure while others being below them, almost as if there is a food chain in how the school functions. Depending on where you are in this structure identifies the amount of power you hold in the school. -C.C.

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you have to carry yourself a certain way, dress and talk a certain way to be acceptable and popular. BM

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In the girl world it is law and expected for you not to mess with a friends ex, along with the fact that you have to wear certain stuff throughout the week, and have your body weigh and look a certain way. In order to fit in and be popular.

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When the girl in the ponytail(Cady) proves their intelligence by calculating the percentage, they look at her in disgust despite one of the girls asking what it was. They saw her as a nerd (a class considered below them) instead of someone helpful.

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The tables at lunch are divided into classes , as the Plastics are considered the highest class while the "Art Freaks" are rejected.

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The plastics try to manipulate Regina by telling her all these rules so that she can fit in with their group
D.H

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When cady is told about the dress code and how if she breaks it she would have to sit with the Art Freaks. BM

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The plastics were introduced as stereotypically females that follow the strict "girl code" and my obey by it. They only care about how they look and who the associate with
D.H

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You have to stick to a certain feminine look and attitude, such as not allowing them to wear jeans, track pants, and ponytails daily. The style they encourage is more exclusive to femininity.

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Any girl who is interested in a guy has to make sure he isn't an ex of another girl. Also, you should watch how many calories you consume. NW

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The group of girls manipulate new members into acting and becoming exactly like one another. -JH

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Regina talks about how she is only eating foods with less than 30% calories from fat because she has made the connection of calories and gaining weight which would (in her mind) lead to being seen as fat. -C.C.

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The girls talk like the stereotypical women who only care about weight and talk about how they have to act a certain way and wear certain clothes. -JH

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In this little clip there was signs of manipulation because you can only do certain things on a certain day and if you don't follow that "ruling" you aren't apart of the group.

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A example of control or manipulation is that they only wear there hair or certian colors and styles on certain days only -KP

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A example of control or manipulation is that they only wear there hair or certian colors and styles on certain days only -KP

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If you are friends with someone that is messing with someone else ex, that is not allowed and in "girl world" and you are not allowed to use the same style twice.

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You have look a certian way and fit a certain sterotype to be considered one of them, you also have to follow certain rules and not do certain things in order to hang with them. -KP

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You have look a certian way and fit a certain sterotype to be considered one of them, you also have to follow certain rules and not do certain things in order to hang with them. -KP

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We're introduced to the plastics which are the stereotypical popular girl that seem to care only about looks and that you must follow certain rules to fit in.
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The plastics see themselves as the higher ups in the school, you have to maintain certain restrictions to stay in the group.
-DH

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The Plastics built their reputation to mimic the Barbie, idealistic fantasy, petite, pink and popular are all things the plastics pride themselves on. Following strict rules created to upkeep the fantasy to the outside without projecting the struggles that come with it.

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First with the view of woman being a "hourglass" figure regina watches her calorie intake as she doesnt want to gain weight and become "fat". Also with girl code Cady is unable to date a guy because regina had dated him in the past. -DM

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First with the view of woman being a "hourglass" figure regina watches her calorie intake as she doesnt want to gain weight and become "fat". Also with girl code Cady is unable to date a guy because regina had dated him in the past. -DM

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Regina George is constantly watching the calories she consumes as she is afraid to gain weight and become "fat". Psychologically if something has more than 30% fat she wont eat it in response to her thinking she will gain weight. -DM

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Regina George is constantly watching the calories she consumes as she is afraid to gain weight and become "fat". Psychologically if something has more than 30% fat she wont eat it in response to her thinking she will gain weight. -DM

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Gretchen tells Cady about the dress code and that if she breaks the dress code she would be forced to sit with the art "freaks with a disgusted look on his face.

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one of the plastic girls   see how much calories are in food before she eats it she wants to eat food that are  less than 30% fat due to the fact she doesnt want to get fat/ gain any weigh-jb

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one of the plastic girls   see how much calories are in food before she eats it she wants to eat food that are  less than 30% fat due to the fact she doesnt want to get fat/ gain any weigh-jb

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Regina mentions calorie counting and watching her intake to ultimately keep her figure. Then Gretchen proceeds to order that Cady cant like a guy because Regina used to date him.

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you have to carry yourself a certain kind of way in order to be accepted and you have to wear certain clothes to be cool and talk a certain kind of way.

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In order to be popular you have to follow some rules, you cant like each others ex's and you have to watch what you eat so you don't gain weight. JW

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The plastics only allow their hair to be a certain type of way on a certain day. This is an example of manipulation & control - NL

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You have to fit a certain look in order to be one of the plastics and fit into their social class. jm

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the plastics have to dress a certain way through out the week they cant wear jeans on Monday due to the fact it will make you look weird only can wear your hair in a ponytails 1 time a week and sweatpants on Friday and cant wear tank top back to back-j.b

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Regina wants to eat foods with less than 30% fat, she thinks eating more than this limit will make her fat, so she is trying to gain as few as possible.

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The plastics make it seem like you can only live one type of way and if you don't follow certain 'trends' then your failing. DG

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If you are friends with some messing with their ex is not allowed and in "girl world" your not allowed to use the same style twice.

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im gonna be honest i dont feel that you have to be popular i hate that they say you have to be a certain way to have alot of friends. you have to dress a certain way or act a certain way and that is wrong to me. H.K

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it about the girl code. you can she that this girl broke up with her man ands just go get with her ex boyfriend like not you dont do that. H.K

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The things that Regina eats can’t be more than 30% fat kinda like she needs to keep a certain image to make. And so people can look up to her and want to be like her.

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the plastics became so obsessed with their appearance that they allowed it to change their eating habits. L.R

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Popularity is like having power. They make the rules and everything goes through them if they want something other people can’t get it.

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it’s all about girl code and their appearance, they can’t date each others ex boyfriends, and they have rules on what they can and cannot wear on certain days of the week. L.R

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It’s an idea that a girl needs to be perfect and act a certain way or not act a in a certain. Wear certain clothing and not certain food.

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'the plastics' make you think a certain way and make it seem like you have to act the way too which messes with your psychic- KR

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'the plastics' make you think a certain way and make it seem like you have to act the way too which messes with your psychic- KR

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To be in 'the plastics' it's kind of like a requirement to be high class and if you're not then you can't get in -KR

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To be in 'the plastics' it's kind of like a requirement to be high class and if you're not then you can't get in -KR

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When 'the plastics' were talking about calorie intake, who to like/not like, and apparel, I thought about why they would be doing this. In some fashion, the girls are shown as wanting to be perfect by devising different strategies. One wrong move, and the girl in the pink will be ejected from their 'group'.

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To be apart of the plastics you have to look a certain way and be up there with the social class or you cant be one.-MP

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To be apart of the plastics you have to look a certain way and be up there with the social class or you cant be one.-MP

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The rules are very girly or "feminine" is another word for it. Rules include wearing pink on Wednesdays and pink is a very girly color. -MP

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The rules are very girly or "feminine" is another word for it. Rules include wearing pink on Wednesdays and pink is a very girly color. -MP

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The plastics' reputation has built itself up to the point that its members can tell an inbound member what to eat or wear and they will do it. Also, I can foreshadow that the plastics' just 'use' its members for their own purpose without any remorse. IS

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They said something about wearing certain things multiple times in one week and how they style their hair, like they can't wear a tank top two days in a row and only have a ponytail once every week. CS

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The plastics are manipulative in this movie clip, they have a set of very strict rules that you must follow in order to be one of them. They would shun you if you don't follow the rules. CS

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The plastics are supposed to be this force in the school. They have power over the student body because of popularity. The system oppresses the other girls in the school because the philosophy is pretty much if you're not a plastic then you're a nobody. Z.S

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The whole point of the lunch scene was to set out the rules for how girls can and can't act and how they can and can't look in school. There were so many rules that were only for girls and never do they discuss any rules for boys. Z.S

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In the clip, Regina is very focused on not consuming food with over 30% fat. But it's hard to not see something else is causing her to follow such a strict diet. It could be a tie with psychological lens and gender lens where Regina feels as though she won't be beautiful to male standards if she eats fatty foods and maybe gains a pound of two. In the end, she has made up her mind and is forcing herself to follow a diet she may not even want to follow. -SKB

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The way the school is seeming to be set up makes it appear to be a food chain of social hierarchy. Plastics are given the most prestigious ranking where the 'art freaks' are seen as "lower-class" students who don't have the same power that the Plastics do. The act of being able to sit with the Plastics in school is comparable to getting to sit with the President for lunch in this setting. -SKB

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The "rules of feminism" being based on arbitrary things such as what hairstyles and clothing you choose to wear to whether you find interest in someone's ex boyfriend has no real connection to actual feminism. The Plastics are the supposed "perfect girls" but why is it that these women are subjected to these stereotypical feminine rules like having to wear pink on a specific day. Why was the 'girl world' concept created when these girls already just live in the real world? The separation of these two worlds is unnecessary. -SKB

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The school is set up like a food chain, with the plastics being at the top and having the most power and the art freaks being at the bottom with none. Depending on who you hang out with you're placed into a generalized group and category and seen to have a certain amount of power, which determines how you're seen and treated. The higher up you are the more power, control, and influence you have. -D.Y.S.

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Regina is so obsessed with her image that she sets a rule for food with less than 30% fat. She passes up a toffee twister for cheese fries because in her mind, the fat from the cheese fries is less than that of the toffee.

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Regina says how she's only eating foods with less than 30% calories from fat. She's associated high calories with weight gain, and she doesn't want to gain weight and be seen as fat. She thinks that eating foods higher than 30% will make her fat, so she's convinced herself she must eat foods that have less than 30% calories from fat. -D.Y.S.

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While explaining the rules to Cady, Gretchen mentions how if she broke the rules, she'd be sitting with the "art freaks." There is clearly a cast system or classes in this school and the Plastics are clearly on top. It means a lot to the Plastics to maintain their status as popular and to them simple things like wearing jeans, puts a blemish on their image. -JT

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The Plastics manipulate people into believing and doing certain things. They try to convince Cady that she has to wear certain clothes on certain days and that she can only like certain people, that way she's able to remain friends with them. -D.Y.S.

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I observed that in Mean Girls the plastics are " the perfect girls". They all dress and act in a cliché popular feminine manner. They can't wear a tank top two days in a row, can only wear a ponytail one day a week, they can only wear jeans or track pants on Friday, etc. The rules are were like, "leaving the actual world and entering girl world." They need to be perfect by all means. A. F.

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The president of the mathletes, Kevin, was only interested in having Cady because she is a girl, which would make the team more money. He did not seem to care about her joining at all, except for the funding. -JLD

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The Plastics are extremely manipulative during the movie through setting up rules that you are required to follow in order to be a plastic. If you didn't follow every single rule, you would be considered a bad friend and those who weren't plastics, they considered to be freaks. -JLD

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In this scenario popularity essentially equals power. The group or clique you fall into based off of your interests/hobbies determines your popularity/power. The more popular/powerful you are the more liked you tend to be. Cliques/groups, which is mostly organized during lunch, determines your class ranking in a sense. Different classes have a certain amount of power, those that are in a lower class/less popular are often ostracized or isolated. They are considered weird and are looked down upon by higher classes. Those in higher classes are often feared for the power they hold due to their popularity.- RRS

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Gretchen, Karen, and Regina all follow these rules such as dressing similarly and only styling your hair a certain way in order to maintain their popularity and stand out in a "good" way. They want to be noticed for looking good and being popular, so they all follow the set dress code. It seems that Gretchen and Karen mostly follow these rules to suit Regina's ideals.- RRS

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I observed that in Mean Girls the Plastics are the "popular girls". There are also other groups such as the nerds, jocks, art freaks, etc. All these social groups are like different species in an ecosystem and all rely on each other for diversity. To be a prestigious Plastic you have to follow strict rules. These rules keep order, power, and demonstrate that they are better than everybody else. A. F.

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The rules are very feminine and are even described as being apart of the girl world. at the end the head of the group described not liking another girls ex as the core of feminism. -TB

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The head master i guess you could call her used her status as a popular girl to manipulate the new girl into not liking someone by using threat. -TB

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In order to continue being a plastic there are strict rules you must follow. They have a reputation to uphold as they are at the top of the food chain. If you break the rules you can not sit with them.-N.B

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The plastics created this concept of "girl world" where you must dress and act a certain way in order to be a plastic.-N.B

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This was portrayed multiple times in the movie. When Gretchen was explaining the rules of group attire she mentioned being considered of the other girls in their group. Stating, “You wouldn’t buy a skirt without asking your friends first if it looks good on you.” Demonstrating you needed social approval for validation. Then she proceeds to tell her it’s the same with guys. You can’t like the same guy they’ve previously dated. Stated, “ex boyfriends are off limits, that’s just like the rules of feminism.” Now demoralizing her chances with the boy Katy likes for girls she just met. Also further in the movie Katy uses the same manipulative skills she learned from them against Regina by tricking her into eating bars that cause weight claiming it’d be helping her “lose weight.” - MC

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Students there are categorized in different groups they see fit. They all have labels and each group all has its variety of people, this creating a social diversity in the school. For example, Gretchen mentions if she wore jeans that day she’d be sitting with the “art freaks.” If you don’t follow the rules of the group you’ll be categorized to sit with another group that supposedly fits you. -MC

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a set a rules females have to follow for social acceptance and popularity. It express and describes standards of being the perfect girl from appearance, from what to say how to look and what’s right and wrong. -MC

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The plastics must wear a certain style of clothing and color scheme. Pink is a typical color associated with females.- D.S.

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The plastics are on top of the food chain and there are strict policies in order to maintain. Their status as the plastics.- D.S.

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Staying in the friend group means that you have to go by their rules. NO obligations, it's quite strict in my opinion. Being in a popular group and having to not break the group code.. SG

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Regina keeps track of her calories because she believe calories will make her gain weight. She tries to limit her calorie intake to prevent gaining weight. -mcb

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One of the Plastics only wanted to eat 30% of calories, which us the audience know isn't enough, but to her, she thought she was doing the right thing. And one of the Plastic's rule was that they couldn't date friend's ex's- boyfriends, but Cady still had a crush on Aaron, so she's not going to follow the "rules" of the Plastics. -J.F

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Limitations and rules that females have to follow just to belong and be accepted. SG

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The girl saying that if she wore jeans she would be sitting with the art freaks with a look of disdain and disgust as the art kids playfully place food on each other faces, demonstrates a social division between the Plastics and the art kids. -AC

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Regina thinks that eating a certain amount of calories will make her fat. She associates calories with weight gain so she tries to eat as few as possible. - TH

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The Plastics all have to wear pink on Wednesday, and have to wear a certain type of feminine clothes on certain days. And Cady couldn't date Regine's ex's because that is the rule if "feminisms". -J.F

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If you broke the rules of Girl world, you wouldn't be able to sit the with group. The group holds the power and decides what is good for them and what isn't. They hold themselves at a higher level than anyone and has these rules set in place to keep order. - mcb

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breaking a rule would result in them being at the bottom of the high school food chain. The people you hang out with determine whether you are on top or at the bottom. -TH

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They're are limited to things that they wear, can't date ex boyfriends -TH

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When the girl mentioned her crush about Aaron Samuels, the girls immediately discouraged her to like him saying that Regina was devastated when they broke up and saying that is it the rules of feminism. This shows manipulation as the girls give "reasons" as to why she should not seek after him. -AC