Chick Flicks rot your brain

Not to mention they're sappy, annoying, whiny, too unrealistic, pathetic......

They didn't look deeply enough at the causes.

They should have started with Cinderella and Snow White.

By the time these women reach adulthood, their attitude is already set. The rom-coms are just affirming what they already believe to be true.

Please. I find studies like that silly verging on offensive. All those poor little women who can't differentiate between reality and fantasy.

They actually needed to do a study to figure that out?

caromora said:

Please. I find studies like that silly verging on offensive. All those poor little women who can't differentiate between reality and fantasy.

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But do they study men who expect women to care for the children, do all the housework, balance the budget on too little income, then greet them at the door in cling wrap, panting for sex? Of course not!

They blame the lack of sex on the women's unrealistic expectations, and expect them to give up the only real escape from drudgery that they have!

Grrr.

Yeshanu said:

But do they study men who expect women to care for the children, do all the housework, balance the budget on too little income, then greet them at the door in cling wrap, panting for sex? Of course not!

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You've been reading my novels?

Yeshanu said:

They didn't look deeply enough at the causes.

They should have started with Cinderella and Snow White.

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Bingo. I never realized how insidiously awful these old Disney movies were until I watched a couple as an adult. My kids? Never getting a hold of these.

I like to escape...in a book, in a movie, in my dreams. I don't care if it's rom-com, sci fi, horror, or whatever. Just get me the heck out of my reality sometimes.

So, for those who only watch SciFi how does this study apply to their expectations?

vixey said:

So, for those who only watch SciFi how does this study apply to their expectations?

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In that case, I expect my alien woman to care for the children, do all the housework, balance the budget on too little income, then greet me at the door in cling wrap, panting for sex.

Shadow_Ferret said:

In that case, I expect my alien woman to care for the children, do all the housework, balance the budget on too little income, then greet me at the door in cling wrap, panting for sex.

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There's your panting for sex!

Bravo said:

it says nothing of women, it's about anyone who watches chick-flicks.

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Who, as someone who rips tickets on a regular basis, happen to be about 90% women, and 10% guys with girls who lost the fight about which movie to see.

I know the original post was light-hearted, Bravo, but it does say something serious about our society when women who watch rom-coms are told they have "unrealistic expectations" but men who want sex on demand are "normal."

And I do agree that rom-coms are unrealistic, as are romance novels, but that's why we view/read them. Who wants reality?

my favorite chick flick is Alien

Bravo said:

judging by the people i know who only watch scifi, yes.

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Yes, what? Tell me about those of us who only watch sci-fi.

Bravo said:

exactly.

so it's not because they're women that they're more susceptible to this, it's just that people who happen to watch rom-coms happen to have a particular problem with their love lives.

simple.

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I'm a woman who watches rom-coms.

I have no problems with my love life.

I don't have a love life.

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I think that proves your point...

In other news, the NIH today announced a link between heavy porn consumption and chronic disappointment in males.

Salem said:

Not to mention they're sappy, annoying, whiny, too unrealistic, pathetic......

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Hey!!! Take that back.

Or I'll pick you up, spin your around seven times and flip you into the neighbor's yard.