Legally Blonde Stereotypes

While at first glance, the novel “Legally Blonde,” by Amanda Brown may seem like nothing more than a couple of words to pass the time for teenaged girls, this novel is actually a really inspirational piece of feminist literature. This novel, through its challenging of gender stereotypes, complex and thought-provoking characters, and accurate portrayal of how it feels to have people question intellectual capability as a direct result of femininity being shown, teaches everyone in the audience to acknowledge that there’s often more than meets the eye, and to question why our society assumes superficiality when seeing a woman who likes to do traditionally feminine things such as going shopping and getting her nails done. In Legally Blonde,

Although from the minute she walks into the halls of Stanford Law School, people are constantly talking about her behind her back and spouting rude comments, she remains positive and doesn’t use that as an excuse to treat them badly. Even when people tell her to her face that they view her as being inferior, she still treats them nicely. She engages in conversation with people vastly different from her and she views everyone as her equal. She doesn’t judge anyone by their appearance, even when they all actively judge her by hers. Although Elle Woods initially only applied to law school because she wanted to win Warner back, after coming to the realization that he viewed her as inferior, like practically everyone else, her initiative changes. She decides that she should succeed for herself, not to earn the approval of

Most people, at first glance, will make comments about how she probably dresses provocatively, or make judgement calls about how intelligent she is by reading about her luminous disposition. People in regards to both Legally Blonde and the real world, are constantly making instant judgements about girls who decide to wear clothes that make them feel good about themselves, and girls who do feminine things because they like to do feminine things, and this book is actively trying to counter that. To say that it is uncommon to see such ideas in literature would surely be an understatement. Even when reading Legally Blonde, many will still think lowly of Elle Woods, even though she’s an accomplished and highly intelligent lawyer-to-be who still keeps her dignity and stays true to herself even when times get