Wellesley College Top Questions

Stereotypes? A bunch of lesbian. Power-hungry, wanna-be world dominating femi-nazis. Fuck professors, cafeteria workers, anything with a Y chromosome.

I think we get a bad rap for being slutty. Also I have yet to figure out the meaning of the response ("ohhh a wellesley girl" )I get from frat boys when they learn I'm from wellesley.

Either we're sluts, lesbians, or both.

Since I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, I was unaware of common Wellesley College stereotypes. I only became familiar with Wellesley stereotypes after coming to Wellesley and talking with other students during fall orientation. During this time, students would encourage us not to take any comments like "Wellesley girls are too intense" or "undateable" seriously. I suppose the most basic stereotypes would be: -wellesley students are white and rich -wellesley students take themselves too seriously

-Wellesley women are "loose" -Wellesley women are all lesbians -Wellesley women are uptight -Wellesley women just want to get married

They are very assertive and driven women, but they can also put themselves out there a lot.

students-lesbians, driven, highly competitive Wellesley- incredible academics, beautiful campus, no social life

One is that everyone is a lesbian. This is not true although Wellesley is a very liberal campus and so we are maybe more open about our acceptance of anyone, wherever they are on the gender spectrum. There may also be a stereotype that Wellesley students are Wellesley- I can speak from personal experience and say that is definitely not the case. Another is that we're rather cutthroat. And very involved!

Wellesley students are sexually repressed and sex crazy. Also, most Wellesley women are lesbians.

Common stereotypes include that we are all bra-burning lesbians, extremely liberal, unattractive, husband-hunting females. Another stereotype is that we are all wealthy spoiled brats who major in Women Studies because in reality our degree doesn't mean a thing.