Being at a party with my friends made me realize how we see other groups of girls. If you think about it most girls stare you down when your at the mall or anywhere. They want to feel like they're better cause they bought something from an expensive store and your just wearing sweats. Well at a party when girls from a different group or other schools come we dont get along with eachother. We want to be the ones who are the only girls the guys talk to or be invited to there parties. We think of us and our group of friends as the best, not even knowing anything about the other girls.
We think the same way about guys too. When were out shopping and theres an Abercrombie model walking around topless we all stop to talk to him, but if there was just an ordinary not so cute looking guy stopping to try and talk to us we wouldnt want to as much. We think just becasue the Abercrombie model has a 8-pack we should go buy something from the store. I think it's becasue we want to be at the top just like we talked about in class people buy named brand items to look better or have more of a value.
Interesting observations. You can definately see C. Wright Mills and the sociological imagination at work here with how you describe the Abercrombie situation.
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