Rather bothered by something...
Today at work, I was sending captions for the TV drama GREEK, concerning the lives and dramas of US college sororities and fraternities. The weirdness of Sororities and Frats and the backstabbing that can possibly go on is a whooole other subject, but it was this one episode that I was listening to that bothered me... rather, it made me think about certain values that entertainment is promoting in general.
You see, it showed all these college kids just.. having sex with each other left and right, and then ONE of the main characters' roommate was a "right-wing southern christian" who didn't like that his roommate was asking to use their room alone some nights for sex.. and just like, I know they made the roommate have a rather extreme personality like.. in that, he was a germ-aphobe (what's the proper term for someone who has an unreasonable fear of germs??) but... it bothered me that his view of pre-marital sex was projected through quite a subtly negative lens.
Then I got to thinking, and one of the ONLY times I can think of a modern film or TV show where the couple waited until after marriage for sex is (rather ironically), "The 40 Year Old Virgin".
And like, yes, I do view pre-martial sex in a rather negative view myself because of my own personal beliefs but I also understand that a lot of the world is out there having sex at any age, at any time.. BUT, media seems to project one supposedly-preferable image and I feel like, if media is to reflect current society, it ought to be 50/50 because I know plenty of people, both religious and non-religious, who believe in waiting until after marriage...
It just really bothered me quite a bit.. :/
Feel free to share your thoughts.
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You see, it showed all these college kids just.. having sex with each other left and right, and then ONE of the main characters' roommate was a "right-wing southern christian" who didn't like that his roommate was asking to use their room alone some nights for sex.. and just like, I know they made the roommate have a rather extreme personality like.. in that, he was a germ-aphobe (what's the proper term for someone who has an unreasonable fear of germs??) but... it bothered me that his view of pre-marital sex was projected through quite a subtly negative lens.
Then I got to thinking, and one of the ONLY times I can think of a modern film or TV show where the couple waited until after marriage for sex is (rather ironically), "The 40 Year Old Virgin".
And like, yes, I do view pre-martial sex in a rather negative view myself because of my own personal beliefs but I also understand that a lot of the world is out there having sex at any age, at any time.. BUT, media seems to project one supposedly-preferable image and I feel like, if media is to reflect current society, it ought to be 50/50 because I know plenty of people, both religious and non-religious, who believe in waiting until after marriage...
It just really bothered me quite a bit.. :/
Feel free to share your thoughts.
Also, I would very much appreciate if you could vote for my scent at this contest: http://www.downy.com/en-CA/designyourdowny.jspx
Just click "Scent Entries" and then use the search field to look up "Rachelle". My scent is Berry Fresh. It's a rather strange combination, but I think it could work.