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Volume 148, No. 3

March 1, 2023 www.volanteonline.com

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Furthermore, most films only highlight typical heteronormative relationships, oftentimes leaving out the LGBTQ+ community.

“It’s really focused on male-female relationships, as opposed to any other types of relationships that there can be. It still is kind of like the dominant narrative of how we think relationships are, and this is what we’re conditioned to believe in,” Genna said. “If we don’t fall in that aspect, we feel like there’s something wrong with us as we’re growing up, or we were told that there’s something wrong with us if we don’t fit in those boxes.”

With the rise of movies like “365 Days” and “50 Shades of Grey,” it is important to know that many of these movies do not show healthy relationships. Genna said that “50 Shades of Grey” is a good example of a toxic relationship and distorts experiences. Other movies, such as “Twilight,” also romanticize toxic behaviors.

“That kind of that level of passion … I think this is where the idea of moms wanting that kind of passionate life (comes from). There’s something that is unfulfilled,” Genna said. “You can have passion and also mutual respect. They’re not mutually exclusive. But again, it’s about this idea of not passion, but it’s really that power. Power is sold as passion.”

Luckily for viewers, the cycle can be broken, and the romanticization of toxic relationships can be avoided or ended. When the rose-colored glasses are removed, one can see the relationships in films for what they are: inaccurate and oftentimes, unhealthy.

“As we mature and begin to really question, ‘what is it that we’re being told and is that what we really want?’” Genna said. “Because we’re being taught and told a lot of different things that we just accept and never really question. And I think that questioning is really, really important.”

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