Men’s Rights Activists Demand an All-Male Remake of ‘Mean Girls’

LOS ANGELES — A group of men’s rights activists—calling themselves “The XY”—occupied a Paramount Pictures parking lot in protest of what they view as sexist discrimination against men. The group is demanding that Paramount Pictures remake the hit 2004 film, ‘Mean Girls,’ with an all-male cast.

Quentin Peralta, the leader of The XY, says that there is a vacuum of aspirational films centered around manhood. “Why don’t we get a ‘Mean Girls,’” Peralta said. “I mean, you get such great role models in a film like ‘Mean Girls’ that captures the essence of the transition from adolescence to womanhood. Just look at the main character; Cady [played by Lindsay Lohan] is the guiding light of femininity and I find it unfair that us men don’t have a similar icon in Hollywood. I think it’s about time we have our own ‘Mean Girls’—I think we deserve a ‘Mean Guys.’”

Paramount Pictures spokesman, Dean Witherspoon, commented: “It’s not gonna happen.”

Jake Schilling, the deputy leader of The XY, says “Hollywood is playing favorites.” “Just look at all the bad remakes that’s come out over the last couple of years. I mean, women got ‘Ocean’s 8′ and ‘Ghost Busters.’ Why don’t men get any bad remakes of hit films? Where’s our ‘Mean Girls’ and where’s our ‘Sisterhood of Traveling Pants?’ It’s bogus!”

The group plans to occupy the Paramount Pictures parking lot until the studio meets their demands.