Pop Culture Influence

Pop culture has influenced me in many ways that I am sure I am unaware of. One of the ways I am sure I have been affected is the ideal of a fairy tale relationship. Seeing movies like, The Notebook, have given me an ideal that I will find the right man and when I do nothing will be able to keep us apart. Movies have planted many ideas in my head on how life should be, because of how life is depicted in them. Television shows and reality shows have, however, planted completely different ideas in my head. Shows like, Basketball Wives, show me how even older women have friendship problems making it difficult for me to believe that there are women I can trust. It has already been believed that women are in competition and cannot trust each other, and a lot of reality shows support that claim.
The songs that come out these days usually all surround the fact that alcohol, love, or smoking are the best things in life. They make it seem like that if you do not have one of these three things in your life, then you must be living a boring, not normal life.
When it comes to what I think about gender, pop culture has made it seem like men are getting stronger and women are getting weaker. It is actually not the fact that women are getting weaker, but it seems like we are only focused on sexually and we only think about love. While in reality it is seen how women are working harder and doing men's work, pop culture shows us still being soft. While there are some songs by, Beyonce, who show the power of women like her song "Who Runs the World" and "Best I Never Had" she still has songs that show her need of love and want like "Dangerously in Love."
Men are becoming depicted as hard core in much of pop culture, and in many ways they are seen as tough by degrading women. Pop culture has angles from all positive and negative spectrum, but it is what is the most popular and widely viewed that catches the attention of everyday people. These views may change depending on the preferences of the people, but even some ideas are so popular that if it is not even your preference you still feel the influence. Pop culture has had many different influences on my mind, but none have truly shaped it. I have come to expect some things, but what I choose to make of those influences are positive. I use them to broaden my views, but not to negatively view any of them.