A common example of rake in our modern society today makes me think of, even though we used this example in class, the movie John Tucker Must Die. In this movie he is seen to be the most attractive guy in school who can get with any girl, and as a matter of fact, pretty much does get with every girl. Four of his girlfriends discover that they are all dating him at the same time. Thus, causes them to want to lead an innocent girl to try and do to him what he did to all of them and have her deceive him.
When thinking about other examples of rake, it reminds me of a similar plot that I see in a lot of movies today. In the movie She’s All That actor Freddie Prinze Junior makes a bet with one of his guy friends that he can turn any girl popular, because of course, he is the most popular attractive guy in school. So he attempts to change actress Rachel Leigh Cook from an artsie-loner, to the kind of girl that hangs out in his crowd. Of course she ends up finding out and is upset, but the movie ends happily as they always do. However, we can see how this example is used as rake because the guy uses his charm as a way to deceive (even though he really ends up falling for her and has good intentions in the end) it is still a good example (because please note that this used to be one of my favorite movies in junior high.)
There are also many other films that I have seen on countless Lifetime movies where the guys are abusive and destructive to the women in these films. These movies usually always represent the women to always be victimized and abused. This channel is mainly aimed towards women, so it shows real-life situations that happen today in society. So a lot of these movies demonstrate most of the men to be seducers and and to be deceptive. The women are usually left to be abandoned and hurt with a loss of virtue and trying to regain confidence to feel strength again.
Many examples of rake are seen in our society today through so many different movies and television shows that I can not just think of one that sticks out to to me.
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Hey Stephanie!! I liked reading your blog because you had really great examples that we completely forgot about! Lifetime movies, my favorite, are almost all about rake and She's All That is a good one too! It's funny that there are so many examples in our media today and even funnier that I'm sure we could find more in real life.
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