Chick Flick No More!

Guys may have a legitimate reason to say no to watching  the next chick flick that comes along.  Here it is:  You need to say no to save your relationship, and because you love your woman too much to let some movie destroy your communication and love.  Dr Bjarne Holmes, Heriot Watt University, has released a recent study that demonstrates that chick flicks promote unrealistic expectation when it comes to love and may have an impact on couples failure to communicate.

“Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it.

“We now have some emerging evidence that suggests popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people’s minds.

“The problem is that while most of us know that the idea of a perfect relationship is unrealistic, some of us are still more influenced by media portrayals than we realize.”

Is the real answer to stop watching chick flicks?  Should we have ever been watching them?  I will leave those questions for your own discernment.  Seriously, the idea of the influence of media portrayals having more influence than we realize is what I take away from this study.  Blatant sin is not always as dangerous as subtle eroding messages of immorality.  In other words, a movie should not need content which gains an R or PG-13 rating for a Christian to stop and think, “maybe the message of this film will dull my thoughts and love for God”.  Sometimes “innocent” love stories will damage our thoughts of what is true and right.  This study is another reminder to filter everything through the lense of God’s Word.  It is true and will not fall to the ground or return void.   Most media is filtered through the human lense, which means, it will appeal to our flesh and the logic of the flesh, but does not mean that it is ultimately true or right.