Scholars Validate Me: Twilight is Porn
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"Can romantic comedies ruin your lovelife?
Absolutely, at least according to so-called “relationship experts” an obscure Scottish university. It seems they have this crazy idea that the relationships portrayed in most romantic comedies aren’t entirely realistic, and might serve to set up false expectations in people regarding their non-cinematic relationships, setting an unattainable standard for coupleship that inevitably leads to disappointment.
"Can romantic comedies ruin your lovelife?
Absolutely, at least according to so-called “relationship experts” an obscure Scottish university. It seems they have this crazy idea that the relationships portrayed in most romantic comedies aren’t entirely realistic, and might serve to set up false expectations in people regarding their non-cinematic relationships, setting an unattainable standard for coupleship that inevitably leads to disappointment.
Some of those themes include:
• Sex should always be perfect
• Love at first sight is the ideal
• Love is predestined
• Awesome relationships don’t require work
Folks who subscribe to such views, the study implies, are actually less likely to sustain meaningful love relationships throughout their life. I guess that means that the stereotype of the lonely girl watching Roman Holiday alone on New Year’s Eve in her PJs is self-perpetuating; it’s not mean ol’ reality forcing her to take refuge in the fantasy of the movies, but the movies’ fantasy-world that alienates us from the real world"
If you argue that Twilight is not a romantic 'comedy,' you haven't seen the movie.
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