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Originally Posted by Mazrim
I honestly don't understand why the 50 Shades example is always brought up. Do we watch Game of Thrones because we want to be just like those people? Do teenagers play video games and suddenly want to drive around the city stealing other cars and running over people like in Grand Theft Auto? It's not too difficult to separate fantasy and reality here, and using that as a confirmation of how they really act in life is suspect.
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Agreed that the tropes of popular entertainment are no excuse to aggressively come on to women. However, that works both ways - popular entertainment is not responsible for creating a culture of male entitlement, as articles like this claim:
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...ticle-comments
If it is problematic that our entertainment is full of stories about men vigorously pursuing women, then the problem lies in the women who make those stories so popular and successful.