Romantic Gender Roles

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My research question is: How do romantic comedies provide unrealistic expectations about romantic relationships and gender roles?
I’m researching this topic because as a young female,I feel and experience that film industries define gender roles and reinforce stereotypes in romantic movies.Young females who watch this genre of films do not see the reality of romance and facts about romantic relationships. Romantic comedies represent the reality of romance in a way that get their expectations higher and create a bad impression about their love life. This situation characterize certain behaviors of women in romantic relationships and influence the way they think about romance. Cassady Green,the author of the article ‘The Effects of Romantic …show more content…

The fields that I think would best servet this question’s answer is: psychology,social psychology,media and communication,sociology and gender studies. Movies are the best sources of reproduced realities.Young people choose romantic contents in the media and model their own love-life through movies.Psychology studies this kind of vicarious learning behaviors of people, self and the media,media influence on people’s perceptions. People also shape their thoughts of what media expose and influence the mediated-relationships. Romantic comedies reinforce stereotypical roles for both women and men,this issue is the area of the gender studies which is a field of interdisciplinary …show more content…

Needy and incomplete women,strong man who has the last word,sudden strong feelings,soul mates ,outdated habits of women,misunderstandings and conflicts,minimum sexual situations and overcoming all the obstacles to live happily ever after…are the main elements and stereotypes of romantic comedies.As being a young female,I believe that this genre makes us question what love really is,is there a real soulmate who waits for us,do women need a man to survive or rescue her. The representation of relationships is nothing like the real life in movies.The way that romantic movies offer stories of love,changes young people’s beliefs about their own relationships and life and make them feel unsatisfactory and disappointed. As they watch this genre,they will face the same pattern constantly and start to think that these are what it should be in real relationships.Romantic comedy movies’ unusual and uncommon stories could influence the beliefs and expectations of female adolescents.On the other hand,in comparison to Green,I think women with strong personalities and realistic point of view will easily notice the repeated pattern of these movies considering the female

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