Before revision: Sussana Stern identifies the following qualities as characteristic of queen bees:Stern, Sussana (2001) Sexual Selves on the World Wide Web: Adolescent Girls' Home Pages as Sites for Sexual Self-Expression; Sexual Teens, Sexual Media, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Having overly-heightened self-esteem, which may lead to arrogance Being overly-aggressive, selfish, manipulative and confident Behaving as a bully or sociopath Being wealthy and/or spoiled Being pretty, popular, talented, wealthy, or privileged Being envied/feared/admired by peers (mainly female peers) Examples in film Regina George (played by Rachel McAdams in the 2004 film Mean Girls .
After revision: Sussana Stern identifies the following qualities as characteristic of queen bees:Stern, Sussana (2001) Sexual Selves on the World Wide Web: Adolescent Girls' Home Pages as Sites for Sexual Self-Expression; Sexual Teens, Sexual Media, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Having overly-heightened self-esteem, which may lead to arrogance Being overly-aggressive, selfish, manipulative and confident Behaving as a bully or sociopath Being wealthy and/or spoiled Being pretty, popular, talented, wealthy, or privileged Being envied/feared/admired by peers (mainly female peers) Examples in film Regina George , played by Rachel McAdams in the 2004 film Mean Girls .