Much of the book focuses on the movie Mean Girls and its accompanying message that women are the problem. Through whimsical jokes, this film shows the true side and context of the animosity and vengeance of how women treat each other. “Mean Girls shows how the tyranny of narrow and unforgiving standards of femininity and beauty force girls to control themselves and punish those who do not meet these standards” (Douglas, p. 236). The worst part of the concept of sexism is that women compete with each other instead of empowering each other to become better people. This book takes apart the rational and mindset of these girls and shows that their competitive nature drives them to constantly be "better" and more desirable than other women. Douglas points out that because of this competition, many women go to extreme lengths, such as life-threatening plastic surgery, spend countless amounts of money on beauty products, and injure themselves while going on extreme diets in order to trying to change their appearance to please others. “By creating a certain type of message, the media can manipulate people's attitudes and opinions” (Wolska). The messages disseminated by the many media, even the most light and humorous, do not describe equality and happiness as they claim, but push women to make extreme efforts to try unachievable things.