The Hollywood Effect

The glorification of love in young women in our society has seriously reached another level. From a young age girls are brainwashed into planning their dream wedding with their "Prince Charming." From such an early age, girls tend to let guys be such an integral component in their happiness for no good reason. Generally I believe that guys are much happier than girls due to the fact that they (most of the time) do not place the opposite sex on such a high pedestal. On the other hand, girls spend their youth searching for Mr. Right, however their ignorance shades the fact that the age of high school romances developing into marriage is looooooong gone. Every time a girl is with a guy and it doesn't end up working out and they finally come to the realization that he is not 'the one,' it is the end of their world as they know it.

When women are in romantic relationships, they put them on the very top of their priorities, and they expect us to do they same. Such a sad state of affairs because males are wired differently. Sure, we still have an incredibly high interest in the opposite sex, but it is not such an interest that we are on the search for a life partner. Until the age of *unspecified* guys are just trying to increase their body count.

Why have I named this "The Hollywood Effect?" Because the entertainment industry has ruined society's perception of love - and they have done it in such a way that women and men both have totally different perceptions.

This is cute right ladies? This is like the perfect kiss right? This is how you and all your boyfriends kiss, RIGHT? Wrong. We ain't kissing in the rain. We ain't even walking in the rain. If somehow we catch eyes and have a romantic little moment in the car before we get out and its raining outside, we might give you a little kiss in the car, then we're running for cover like its World War III (We are probably wearing fresh new all-white sneakers that we don't want to get wet).

The Notebook is a classic film from which women love to idealize their own relationships. I've personally sat through this movie twice. The first time it was like sticking hot pins in my love-drunk eyes. The second time it was like my eyes had pneumonia and they were trying to cure themselves by rotting from the inside out. I know one straight guy who liked this movie, and not even he is in a romantic relationship. Girls, stop treating this rubbish like it is real life.

Now for the fellas. We have Austin Powers to the left, who sleeps with multiple women in each episode of his trilogy. No lie, all guys are trying to be is a 21st century version of this British ladies man. I have discussed characters like Mike Lowry (Bad Boys I & II) and Chazz (Wedding Crashers) who also run through women like it is going out of fashion. All we are, are miniature versions of Austin Powers with nice teeth and todays fashion sense. We have all heard cheesy lines guys say at bars, and read Facebook wall posts - flirting in a public forum. We are bold and sometimes think we are invincible, somewhat like the ridiculous "shaggadelic" spy.

I have no answer for how to fix this. These days we are brought up with hours upon hours of exposure to media every single day of our lives. This definitely has an affect on us, even those of us who are media literate. There may be some people out there who suffer from the "third-person effect," which is when you believe everybody else is affected by media, but not you. Well the truth is that we are all affected by media and upon analysis it is more negative than we realize. Guys get so sick/scared of girls being so into love and long-term/serious relationships, and girls hate getting tooted and booted. Why do they still want us so badly then? A question constantly raised throughout my blogs with many answers, the most common of which: they think they can change us into the man they have been dreaming about since the age of 5.

NEWSFLASH - Man is a deadly beast, rarely tamed by the female species. However, there has been a case where man fell victim to the opposite sex, but valiantly rose above her and lived to tell the story. The story of the Succubus Queen - Coming Soon