I watched a chick flick last night with my wife. It is fun doing just about anything with Linda. But what was not fun was watching the culture snatchers at work. Hollywood has long been doing this, of course, it just hit me worse than usual this time.
Exhibit A: when the protagonists realize that it is love at (almost) first sight, their (almost) immediate reaction is to (almost- saved by lack of a condom) copulate.
Culture Snatch Messages:
1) Love is chemical. If you feel something, you have it, if you don't feel it, you don't. Reality check: Love is a decision, an act of will.
2) Get into bed before marriage. Reality check: Studies show that couples who don't live together first have better marriages, and by extension, better lives.
3) Condoms make casual sex safe. Reality check: Condoms prevent neither pregnancy nor disease.
Exhibit B: the female protagonist has two male homosexual friends with a long term committed relationship.
Culture Snatch Messages:
1) Homosexuals are nice people with committed long term relationships. Reality check: Many homosexuals probably are nice people. But much of male homosexuality is more about multiple sexual experiences than relationships.
2) Homosexual behavior is harmless and kind of cute. Reality check: Sexual expression outside of the marriage of a man and a woman is harmful to families, societies and nations. It spreads disease. I'm not sure I get the cute part.
Hollywood may entertain and educate at times, but it comes with the cost of having to put up with its agenda of social change.
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