Queen Bees

"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real life amounts to - letting a person be what he really is." - Jim Morrison

 

Every generation produces remarkable personalities. Stand outs. Be it good or bad. It changes many lives. Which personality are you? The follower or the leader? The queen bee or the worker bee?

Wikipedia says: A queen bee in a school setting is sometimes referred to as a school diva or school princess. These queen bees are often stereotyped in media as being beautiful, charismatic,manipulative, and wealthy, holding positions of high social status, such as being head cheerleader (or being the captain of some other, usually an all-girl, sports team), the Homecoming or Prom Queen (or both), or even being the daughter of the principal or a teacher. The phenomenon of queen bees is common in finishing schools.

Queen bees may wield substantial influence and power over their cliques, and are considered role models by clique members and outsiders. Her actions are closely followed and imitated. Sussana Stern identifies the following qualities as characteristic of queen bees:

• Having an overly-heightened self-esteem, which may lead to arrogance
• Being overly-aggressive, selfish, manipulative and strong-willed
• Behaving as a bully
• Being wealthy and/or "spoiled"
• Being pretty, popular, talented, rich, or privileged
• Being hated by peers (mainly female peers)

Fictional portrayals of queen bees in schools include the films Heathers and Mean Girls. The latter was partially adapted from the nonfiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes. The television series Gossip Girl is highlighted for its portrayal of Blair Waldorf as a queen bee, as she has a league of minions for friends and is frequently referred as 'Queen B' by herself and her peers. Another television series Pretty Little Liars is also highlighted for its portrayal of Alison DiLaurentis as queen bee, as she has a clique, seems to be bossy and mean to people who are not her friends, and everyone treats her as a Queen. She is sometimes referred as 'Queen Ali'.