http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/26/disney-twilight-and-bollywood-reinforcing-the-purity-myth-or-fantasy-of-safe-sexual-exploration-for-young-girls-and-their-mothers/#more-4452
This is a link I saw on a friends Facebook explaining about the movie Twilight and perceptions on "purity" and its legalism in this world.
It was a very very interesting article from a girl's point of view.
If you have watched disney movies or Twilight, you know that there are no sex scenes in these movies but still all the girls want to be the princess or Bella.
I thought it was really interesting to see that girls, unlike us men who can trip over some bare skin, look for maybe protection?
I don't know, read the article, check it out and tell me what you think!
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i think that's pretty true in general. i think it's also the ability to trust that they wont be taken advantage of/ditched/etc.
ReplyDeletethen again, there are those creepy old ladies who get the actor for the werewolf dude to sign their panties. I think those kinds of women are just anomalies though... freaking weird.
For men, physical attractiveness is a high priority. For women (and not being one myself, this is what I've heard/read), it is the mental (there must be a better word for this) attractiveness (i.e. personality, character, etc.) that matters more.
ReplyDeleteEvery person looks for both in varying degrees. Men tend to lean towards the physical side. And I think women lean toward the mental side.
If this is true, it makes more sense that women would search for a protector in their future husbands. However, I'm curious to see what women would think about this. I know that the radical feminist movement of 70s and 80s fame would definitely not agree.
I think what Dave is trying to say, is that love is defined in more physical terms for men while love is defined in more relational terms
ReplyDeleteWomen are a tricky bunch to pin down. Often, if one looks at surveys of "what women want" what is stated there and what is borne out in practice are entirely contradictory things. If you look at it from the other side, you get the same phenomenon (i.e. words and practice being for guys are directly opposed). From my experience, each side wants approximately the same thing: a person who will care for them, and with whom they can take off their masks. Often people are willing to compromise on the latter for the sake of the former (e.g. "settling" for someone). Of course, how those attributes are manifested varies from person to person.
ReplyDeleteThe Twilight books and movies give a story where a boy loves a girl so much that he's willing to let himself suffer to protect and save her. I think that is the true appeal of the story. It's a world where a man is willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of another. Such a thing is a sign of a deep and abiding love. I think people instinctively understand this, and hence the great appeal of the movies.
As for the article, I disagree with the author's perspectives on sexuality and its role in a person's life. She seems to hold the view that sexual purity is oppressive to women. Really, what's going on is that society has maintained expectations for women, but dropped all expectations for men. This disparity is the "oppression". Though really, the solution isn't to abolish expectations, as she would have; rather the solution is to reestablish them for men.
Very little is expected of us; indeed, the general expectation is for men to act rather bestial. As Christians, we must set the bar high and strive to be truly Christ-like in all things.