Heterosexuality in the Media

[pyromaniac]

Does it accurately portray and reflect the affection of heterosexuality in reality?

Is it too much, or is it too little? Are there degrees of it?

When is it appropriate and when is it not?

Is the picture of a perfect/dysfunctional family and/or couple spot-on in terms of your relation to and identification with them?

Might hypocrisy and inconsistency then play in comparison to depictions of homosexuality in the media...?

 

[Spider-Man]

 

[Spider-X]

having trouble with teh homework?

 

[pyromaniac]

Ha!

No, mate.

Just wondering. Maybe it was a little too complex, especially when I posed so many questions.

Just that - because everyone knows the concept of marriage and family and what it means to have kids, and it's often practiced, and the media reflects that, does it make it accurate particularly in terms of other, alternative arrangements, sexualities and/or minorities...?

 

[Spider-X]

it really depends...the "media" isn't just one entity walking around and laying judgement about how things are...there are many different outlets with many different points of view.

you're gonna need to be more specific.

 

[pyromaniac]

Damn. Ok.

Movies and television.

Lots of families and couples and singles.

Are we specially skewered towards social conditioning?

 

[Spider-X]

depending on your exposure to the stereotyped layed out by popular media...absolutely.

we are bombarded by sitcoms, commercials, on TV, in magazines, etc. all showing us the "ideal" and/or socially accepted families units.

but if you think logically...it's not hard to live alternative to the popular or "accepted" culture that is so often shoved in our faces...as long as it's still within the boundries of the law anyways...

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

The only homosexual bombardment I found to be entertaining was Ari Gold's assistant in Entourage.

 

[Socrates]

The only homosexual bombardment I found to be entertaining was Ari Gold's assistant in Entourage.

Poor Lloyd, he's always getting verbally abused by Ari.

 

[pyromaniac]

depending on your exposure to the stereotyped layed out by popular media...absolutely.

we are bombarded by sitcoms, commercials, on TV, in magazines, etc. all showing us the "ideal" and/or socially accepted families units.

but if you think logically...it's not hard to live alternative to the popular or "accepted" culture that is so often shoved in our faces...as long as it's still within the boundries of the law anyways...

Whose law is it?

And by the way - that statement was what I meant in regards to the topical subject matter

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Poor Lloyd, he's always getting verbally abused by Ari.

He's hilarious though.

 

[pyromaniac]

Poor Lloyd, he's always getting verbally abused by Ari.

Who?

Yeah - homosexuality in almost always a humourous context.

 

[The Fonz]

This dude's fromn Australia. Don't they have a gay politcal party there?

But I'm more concerned about metrosexuality is being treated in the media. Everyone is saying it's the new black. But in reality it's the new magenta.