In recent weeks, I have heard countless stories of “mean girls” in college. Emily Costello, another WVU Her Campus writer, wrote an awesome article on the mean girl generation back when the new year began. She hit the nail right on the head when she said that girls today are extremely competitive and feel that they need to be catty in order to be better. I want to add on to what she said and find out from you if I’m the only one that finds this new trend ridiculous.
Coming to college, I thought I had left catty girls and cliques behind me. Oh boy was I wrong. Girls in college are almost worse than in high school, in my opinion. Like Emily, I’ve been out at bars with my friends and have gotten those dirty looks from other girls for no reason at all. Some girls will go as far as getting physical. What’s the point? Is it to prove that you’re tough? Is it to get the attention of that drunk guy who probably won’t remember you tomorrow? A good example of this occurred this past weekend when one of my friends was dancing and another girl bumped into her accidentally. Apologies were exchanged, and then the girl intentionally pushed my friend again, trying to pick a fight. I mean, when I go out, I just want to have fun. Do girls like that go out with the intention of trying to start a fight? Someone please explain this to me.
The epidemic of mean girls is spreading throughout the current generation. I hear stories from my friends that go to other schools about mean girls on their campuses, as well. Recently, I heard a story from a friend who attends another college and is in a sorority. Mind you, I have nothing against sororities at all; the incident just happens to have occurred within a sorority. The basis of this story is that there was a thread on Facebook created by members of that sorority to exchange information. Then, a small group from the first thread then created another one that bashed the girls in the previous thread. What’s the point? This just makes me think of the movie Mean Girls and the burn book that was spread around. Trying to hurt someone’s feelings in order to make yourself feel better is not the way to go.
After continuously seeing these mean girls around campus, I can’t help but think, “Why?” You are between the ages of 18-22 years old. You are grown women and should act like it. Am I wrong?