So, every time I watch a movie or a TV show something inevitably happens when a male character and a female character meet, the show turns into a rendition of the beloved narrative game, Trying to Fuck. There is something odd about TV shows that make it so that every time eligible people meet (sometimes ineligible too) there has to be that undertone. You know, little glances at each other with smiles. That kind of shit.
This isn't bad on its face. We are supposed to like characters on TV, so them getting it on and/or finding love is supposed to make us feel good because something good happens to someone you like. I have no problem with this, except when it happens in every TV show ever. Seriously, I can't think of a TV show that didn't devolve into primary characters putting their genitals together.
My problem comes from the "need" for people to be paired off (most of the time in male-female relationships) and the subsequent enforcing of social stigma on sex with people who aren't an S.O. I don't mean cheating on people, that's fucked up and you probably shouldn't do it. No, I mean one night stands, friends with benefits, or casual sex. This also reinforces the idea that men and women can't be Platonic friends.
Basically by showing only one type of relationship, you reinforce stigmas against alternatives that have nothing really wrong with them. I get that its a ratings disaster to do something that's unpopular, but I wanna point something out to TV and Movie producers: you get to help decide what is acceptable. Also, if people freak their shit out about your TV show, more people will watch it, just to see why. Also Also, if a side story about characters romantic lives "ruins" your show, it must have been pretty shitty to begin with.
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