How does the media affect people's perceptions on being single?
If you were to just go by the popular media, like television and magazines, you would think that all single people are totally pre-occupied with getting married, and that there's nothing more important than that wedding day. So, if you consider all of the reality television shows, where all of these people are competing for the affections of just one other person, or all of the dramas on television, they all build up to this wedding episode. However, that's not what people's real lives are like as a single people. They're doing lots of things with their lives. And, many of them are never getting married, or they're not getting married for a long time. So, I think the media totally mis-represents the place of marriage and coupling in our lives. You see this perspective even in advertising, so start paying attention next time you watch advertisements on television or in magazines. Now, it's not surprising that a catering company, a ring company, or jewelry businesses would use wedding things in their ads. But, I've seen ads for motor oil that feature brides. What's that about? There are brides and wedding scenes in so many different ads. It's like they think that brides are like fairy dust, and you sprinkle them on your product and they instantly sell. And, it's just mis-representing the way we really lead our lives.
