Watching romantic comedies together can strengthen your marriage
A new study is forcing spouses to watch rom-coms. How many times have you heard complaints: “These films are unreal. They create distorted ideas about love!” It”s easy to assume that romance films create inappropriate expectations for relationships. Do the characters make us want or feel a little sympathy, or do these films actually have a negative impact on us?
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According to a number of studies, the answer is: not at all — rather, they are useful. While it”s commonly believed that the rom-com genre creates inappropriate expectations for female relationships, a University of Illinois study helped establish that this is a mistake — that these films affect both sexes equally.
Another stereotype: such films idealize relationships. This study dispels that myth—the 52 most popular romantic comedies largely convey the message that relationships require significant commitment.
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One of the main authors of the study, Ronald Lodge, a professor of psychology, argues that “It is enough to make them want to think about their behavior.”
All of this just goes to show that romantic comedies can be effective tools in relationships. Viewing them promotes emotional experience and analysis of one’s own behavior in couples and does not impose a completely erroneous opinion. Rom-coms can bring laughter, tears and can be seen as therapeutic — plenty of reasons to spend an evening in front of the screen!
