So I was on Facebook today, and I ran into this post that felt suspiciously like a brick wall. I'm going to be very vague on the details, but essentially it said: "Men are like this, and women are like this." (It also included a picture to demonstrate the supposed difference.) For a moment I felt a little irritated, and then I realized something: why am I allowing a post on Facebook tell me who I am? Also, how can you make such a generalization like that? Hehe, my existence is a testament of not every man being alike. I know he didn't mean it literally, and that *most men* was implied, but it still felt wrong. Another thing is often times it is easy to see something as normal in media, that is fundamentally different in real life. This post was referring to most men in a *fictional* world, and how men are perceived through social media, movies, books, music, etc. But is that how men really act? No! Absolutely not. The author was obviously intoxicated by the fictional perception of men and women that has sulkily risen from 21st Century media.
Please! Children, people, everyone. Don't become like him. :) I'm not saying that all media in our day is guilty of not representing reality properly, but most of it is. Wars are not that exciting, revenge is not so sweet, premarital relationships ruin lives... and the list goes on. Sometimes it's fun to pretend you are in another world. There is nothing more fun, or even wrong with it. But always make sure you come back to the one world that actually exists.
Please! Children, people, everyone. Don't become like him. :) I'm not saying that all media in our day is guilty of not representing reality properly, but most of it is. Wars are not that exciting, revenge is not so sweet, premarital relationships ruin lives... and the list goes on. Sometimes it's fun to pretend you are in another world. There is nothing more fun, or even wrong with it. But always make sure you come back to the one world that actually exists.
