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Social Media and Entertainment Have Twisted Women’s Perception of Men (and Relationships).
You would think we (women) would be more analytical at the very least, but unfortunately we have believed almost every lie that has and is being told about how relationships are supposed to work.
It starts literally right after we come out of the womb. We’re placed in front of screens or listen to stories being told by our parents of dainty little princesses living in castles waiting for prince charming to come save them and live their happily ever after. We’re so used to it that when a young girl says she wants to grow up to be a princess, we laugh it off and think to ourselves ‘wait ‘till life happens kid’. But the reality is, we’re never explicitly communicated that romantic relationships (and relationships in general) are a team effort and require a lot of work.
And as we go through the educative years, elementary, middle school and high school (even college, depending on your field of study) we are exposed to very little information, if any, on how healthy, thriving relationships work. At this point (adulthood) everything we know is being modeled by our parents, family members, friends and their families. We do not get a formal…
