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Why are middle schoolers so over dramatic?

I'm in middle school and I wanted to know something. So I'm not against homosexuality or same-sex marriage- in fact, I'm all for it! In middle school, a TON of girls claim they're lesbians. I'm not saying they aren't, but why are they so overdramatic about it? We were watching a news clip of people voting on it in Ireland and these two girls were high-giving the ENTIRE TIME. In fact, they are still doing it. This girl behind me kept screaming "YASSSSS" the entire time. I know they care about their cause (and I do too!) but sometimes I feel like they're doing it for attention. Like, I am also against child marriage/labor but when we watch a video on it, I'm not sitting there screaming and high-fiving other people against it!!

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  • 6 years ago
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    A lot of people like to suggest that middle schoolers (especially girls) do lots of negative behaviors "for attention." Maybe they do, but then why do they need the extra attention? All humans need positive attention from others, and if they are wanting extra attention badly enough to act out for it, they probably aren't getting that need met in more positive ways.

    But really, most kids don't act out/ annoy others because they want to be the center of attention all the time. Usually it's because they aren't sure of how they should be acting, or they are exploring themselves. Maybe you're really mature for your age, but most middle schoolers have a tough time really considering anyone but themselves. That's not meant to be a criticism, just that you're young and your world is changing so much so quickly already that it's tough to think about anything else.

    It's cool that they got so into it, although maybe not as cool that they were disrupting the rest of the class. If something like that happens again and keeps bothering you, maybe you could say something to the teacher privately, and he/she could let them know that their behavior is distracting and inappropriate.

    As for sexuality, try not to fall into the trap of "It's a phase! Bi girls are fakes!" The thing is that everyone should be free to explore their sexualities as they want. Ideally, there wouldn't really be a big need for labels. It truly wouldn't matter who was into girls and who was into boys and who was into both or neither or people who didn't count in either of those categories. In order to get to that place though, the labels have to not be a big deal. Let people change their labels every day if they want, and congratulate them for exploring who they are. It's not hurting you, and it's not hurting anyone else.

  • 6 years ago

    I think you are correct, a lot of it is attention getting. However it is not abnormal of girls your age to be able to and interest in same sex intimacy. It goes back a few hundred thousand years when people lived and groups and clans in caves or other shelters as a group. Every living thing including plants a will to survive. God put that in us. So people lived into there twenties in those days so girls your age were vulnerable to the older men in the clan. In fact boys and girls your age made same sex connections in the group for safety. While they are in groups they were less vulnerable to rape and abuse. Some people are born gay as you know but others can be connect to same sex relationship but as they grow up become more focused on the opposite sex and have babies and stuff and a little cottage with a white picket fence. Something like that. But as you know girls are very dramatic and while they band together they also are dramatic to draw attention to themselves for mating purpose.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    They aren't really lesbians and middle schoolers are just horrible.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Because they're young, and loads of hormones flowing through their body.

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  • 6 years ago

    they probably aren't really lesbians

    Thank god you and them support gay marriage

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