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Not-Toby's avatar

Ofc this is partly demand driven (imo if it features in Pride and Prejudice there’s something to it) but there’s a real lack of alternative models in mainstream fiction.

Tangentially I find it interesting that both women and men describe courtship as “being chosen” when they have difficult relationships with it. Ofc piece is correct this is a specific trope wrt women - but as long as I’ve been around angsty guys have described the romcoms they see as “women chooses guy” (who they either ID w/, “so it’s unrealistic,” or don’t, “so it shows I have no chance”)

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Noah's avatar

I would think that the truth of it is that there is mutual choosing going on.

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Not-Toby's avatar

Definitely true - and ultimately, both individuals want to be “chosen” in that they want to be seen and loved for what is seen.

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John Horwitz's avatar

Wondering when teaching girls & boys how to be men and women became so stereotypically bad. Parents, schools, peer pressure?

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Wondering why anyone who has the ability to think around this issue would still buy into this?

And FINALLY

In what universe is it acceptable for a woman to 'fix' a man? If he won't open up to you, it is HIS problem, not yours. All the films you mentioned are Chick Flicks - there are better role models for women out there, dig deeper!

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Aríṣoge's avatar

Blame the system, all these just seem like coping mechanisms on both sides

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