Boy that's depressing. To put aro-ace representation together with mocking adult virgins... yeah. Not great.
I think the entire society would benefit from our media portraying more than one way of having a happy life as an adult. Even the "strong independent women (that are high-up employees in corporations, because that's the only staple of success and also come prop-up capitalism please)" only exist to be swept up into love by a handsome man in romantic comedies. Making all of their life choices and philosophy on how to be happy void and "not good enough, silly girl." I grew up on Disney movies and was never concerned with not having a boyfriend, simply assuming that love would just happen to me around the age 25 or so. And then we would marry, because, you know, Disney movies. I would be SO much healhtier as an adult if I internalized from the start that I have options for happiness to choose from.
Okay, I'm going to give you more of the weird sex story now. I promise there'll be hints for the dynamics there. Can I keep oversharing though? I like this :)
Re: Fill, maybe...?
Boy that's depressing. To put aro-ace representation together with mocking adult virgins... yeah. Not great.
I think the entire society would benefit from our media portraying more than one way of having a happy life as an adult. Even the "strong independent women (that are high-up employees in corporations, because that's the only staple of success and also come prop-up capitalism please)" only exist to be swept up into love by a handsome man in romantic comedies. Making all of their life choices and philosophy on how to be happy void and "not good enough, silly girl." I grew up on Disney movies and was never concerned with not having a boyfriend, simply assuming that love would just happen to me around the age 25 or so. And then we would marry, because, you know, Disney movies. I would be SO much healhtier as an adult if I internalized from the start that I have options for happiness to choose from.
Okay, I'm going to give you more of the weird sex story now. I promise there'll be hints for the dynamics there. Can I keep oversharing though? I like this :)