Hollywood Has Made Women Do Some Pretty Unrealistic Things In Movies, And Here Are 32 Solid Examples If You Decide To Disagree
BuzzFeed
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We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us some of the most unrealistic things women have done in movies, and boy, did Hollywood really screw us over. Here's what everyone had to say.
Note: Not all submissions were made by Community users.
1.Women take their "ugly" glasses off and suddenly become these gorgeous creatures everyone is totally mesmerized by.
Disney
2.They play teenagers in high school when they're clearly grown-ass adults on the verge of being in their thirties.
Universal Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection / Paramount Pictures
3.They always resort to purchasing expensive lingerie to keep their partner interested and satisfied.
Picturehouse / MGM / Courtesy of Everett Collection
4.They constantly find themselves stuck in a messy and dramatic love triangle.
Netflix / Courtesy of Everett Collection
5.They sleep in luxurious eye masks, matching pajama sets, and neat hairdos.
Paramount Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
6.And they wake up in the morning looking absolutely stunning, with a full face of makeup on.
New Line Cinema
7.They live in huge, beautiful apartments when they work as underpaid journalists or small-shop owners.
Warner Bros. Pictures
8.There's always *one* woman in a group of friends who refuses to talk about sex in public because it sounds "un-ladylike."
Universal Pictures
9.Young women fight and become ridiculously competitive with each other, mostly over a basic guy.
Paramount Pictures
10.They rarely talk about their periods, and if they do, it's totally used against them.
Paramount Pictures
11.Women shop or get a manicure as a way to resolve their deeply-rooted problems.
MGM
12.They don't have a life of their own if they're portrayed as the fun 'n' quirky best friend.
Warner Bros. Pictures
13.If a woman bullies another woman, that means she's actually sexually attracted to her.
MGM
14.They always prioritize getting married and having a family over everything else.
—Kirsty Farnfield, Facebook
15.They constantly have wild, unprotected sex in the most random places.
20th Century Fox
16.And they orgasm the second they start having sex with their partner.
StudioCanal
17.As teens, they sneak out of their house at random hours of the night to break all sorts of rules.
Lions Gate Films
18.And they never do homework because they supposedly don't care about their education.
Paramount Pictures
19.They always have a difficult time exploring their bodies, having sexual fantasies, and knowing how to masturbate.
CBS Films
20.Straight women only make out with other women *just* to satisfy men.
A24
21.And if queer women kiss, the relationship is rarely explored on a deep and meaningful level.
Warner Bros. Pictures
22.They never put their hair up when they exercise or play any type of sport.
Paramount Pictures
23.As teens, their main goal in life is to be crowned prom queen.
United Artists
24.And they always wind up doing something totally wild the night before high school graduation.
United Artists Releasing
25.Women over the age of 50 have zero desire to be intimate with anyone.
Paramount Pictures
26.They're portrayed as "broken" characters who will feel "whole" and "repaired" once they have sex with men.
Lionsgate Films
27.Women somehow always save the day while wearing tight dresses and high heels.
Warner Bros. Pictures
28.And they always have these "quirky, hot mess" personalities to make them "likable."
Warner Bros. Pictures
29.They never have a single piece of hair anywhere on their body.
Paramount Pictures
30.The only way a woman will have sex is if it's in the dark, or if they're surrounded by a billion candles in a fancy boudoir.
MGM
31.Young women who are in high school spend every single weekend partying it UP.
New Line Cinema
32.And they rock extremely trendy and expensive outfits to high school on a daily basis.
Paramount Pictures