let’s talk about the sexualization problem.
If you’ve been in the glee fandom for enough time you know that Glee tries to be sexy, like a lot, like way too much. I don’t know what caused Ryan Murphy to try and sexulize a bunch of 15/16 year olds but it does not sit right with me.
from s1-s2 the girls in glee in girls are heavily sexualized lets start with one of the first things I noticed
The Unholy Trinity
Santana: It’s been established since the beginning of the show that Santana’s character is supposed to be sexy, and that’d be fine if she wasnt 16. I can hear ya’ll in replies now “But Naya was an adult so its okay” and yes, Naya can do whatever she wants because shes an adult, Santana is not she is 16/17 and shes seen “sexting” puck and I know its HS, but why did ryan feel the need to include it?
Quinn: I feel like Quinn wasn’t as sexualized because of her whole Christian upbringing so shes pretty safe in seasons one (1) through two (2).
Brittany: My god how do I even start, shes basically treated like shes a slut through the entirety of s2, there been a least two instances where its referenced that Brittany sleeps/slept with everyone and I’m convinced Ryan wrote her that way to call her a dumb slut without actually saying it.
Rachel: So for Rachel I think they were trying to make her into the “Sexy School Girl” type of trope since s1-2 Rachel isnt shown as a sex objected compared to Santana and Brittany. But whenever Rachel is sexualized it’s for the sake of other people like in s1 when Kurt gives her a makeover and shes in leather and makeup for the sake of Finn or in s2 when she does Hit Me Baby One More Time in Brittany Spears’s outfit from the music video that is the “Sexy School Girl” trope in a nutshell and in S4 when she does ANOTHER song by Brittany Spears dressed provocatively for Cassandra’s class.
Kitty: The only thing I can really remember of Kitty and her being “sexy” was when she canonically slept with Puck (who was a full fledged adult) while she was a sophomore, I shouldn't need to explain why this was so wrong.
Other examples that aren't about the girls specifically are under the cut in bullet points:
