Two quotes from the article (both are actually quotes in the article as well):
> turn a butter-wouldn't-melt teenage girl into a rabid, knicker-wetting banshee who will tear off her own ears in hysterical fervour when presented with the objects of her fascinations
> We've seen more than our fair share of bad action movies, bad movies geared toward men or 13-year-old boys. And you know, the reviews are like ‘OK that was crappy, but a fun ride.' But no one says ‘Oh my god. If you go to see this movie you're a complete xxxxing idiot.' And that's the tone. That is the tone with which people attack 'Twilight'.
The first quote is about the reaction of girls, while the other is about the content or value of some media product intended for boys. My only point is that they're taking the first as proof of belittling the content (Twilight, One Direction, etc.) instead of a comment on the reaction itself.
Just as a note, I have no thoughts one way or another about the "hysteria" displayed by teenage girls, but I'm curious why the same kind of hyper-excitement is rarely seen in boys. Presumably it's throwned upon them expressing themselves like that, even for something that excites them?
EDIT: Maybe I just haven't seen that hyper-excitement in boys, I'm open to a contrary suggestion :D
> Just as a note, I have no thoughts one way or another about the "hysteria" displayed by teenage girls, but I'm curious why the same kind of hyper-excitement is rarely seen in boys.
It isn't rarely seen in boys, it's just rarely associated with consumption of non-participatory media in boys, but instead associated with opportunities for physical, often violent, action.
And we treat being interested in the things it focusses on far worse than the things teen girls get hyper-excited about (for legitimate reasons; no one got killed by Twilight even if people outside the target demographic dragged into it wished they had.)
I think the age-spectrum for football (and other sports) is a lot broader and the most energetic fans (hooligans, ultras gangs) are not really held in high regard - but I take your point, there are probably tonnes of fan-boys for Cristiano Ronaldo and co.
> turn a butter-wouldn't-melt teenage girl into a rabid, knicker-wetting banshee who will tear off her own ears in hysterical fervour when presented with the objects of her fascinations
> We've seen more than our fair share of bad action movies, bad movies geared toward men or 13-year-old boys. And you know, the reviews are like ‘OK that was crappy, but a fun ride.' But no one says ‘Oh my god. If you go to see this movie you're a complete xxxxing idiot.' And that's the tone. That is the tone with which people attack 'Twilight'.
The first quote is about the reaction of girls, while the other is about the content or value of some media product intended for boys. My only point is that they're taking the first as proof of belittling the content (Twilight, One Direction, etc.) instead of a comment on the reaction itself.
Just as a note, I have no thoughts one way or another about the "hysteria" displayed by teenage girls, but I'm curious why the same kind of hyper-excitement is rarely seen in boys. Presumably it's throwned upon them expressing themselves like that, even for something that excites them?
EDIT: Maybe I just haven't seen that hyper-excitement in boys, I'm open to a contrary suggestion :D