A few weeks ago I went and saw The Ugly Truth and I have to say, I was extraordinarily disappointed, not that I even expected all that much to begin with. And even though I saw it a while ago, it's been bothering me so much that I had to write about it. It reinforced some really UGLY stereotypes.
It's no wonder people can't look beyond stereotypes in relationships and actually communicate with each other when movies like this are giving us relationship advice. Basically what I took away from this movie was that all women are neurotic control freaks and go for jerks so that they can change them; in order for someone to like you, don't be yourself - be what you think the other person wants you to be; all men think about is sex (they are not capable of thinking of anything more complex than when and how to get laid next) unless you show no interest in them, and then they will fall in love with you; playing games is the best way to start off a relationship... I could probably go on but I won't.
It makes me really sad when the media furthers these kinds of stereotypes and unhealthy relationship stereotypes. And people say that the reason stereotypes exist is because they're based on truth but in many cases I think stereotypes exist because the media creates and perpetuates them. It makes me really wonder - would men really think about sex so much if the media didn't tell them that they do? (and similarly, would women think about it more if the media didn't tell us that we don't?). It's interesting to me the things we think are natural behaviors that are really learned. Just some food for thought.
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