rubberducky451 (Bradbury reference?) - those are canny points about marriage and christian dominance in america and its effects - that sounded like a thesis title. that was the subtext and presupposition to my earlier post: the idea that marriage should be phased out of our consciousness as the zenith of a love relationship. the problem is economically and socially, presently, marriage is a heavy pressure on the individual. economically, insurance companies afford breaks to married couples. socially - and this is probably worse for women - there is tremendous pressure to not only formalize the relationship through marriage but produce offspring from said marriage. this, indeed, seems to be informed by our dominant religion. granted, some women really do have a natural inclination towards motherhood.
to quickly reference the mpaa, they wholesale hire a tribunal who vote down films based on christian acceptability. from watching that film this film is not yet rated, they claim to have thirteen members who represent "the average parent" or some phony analogous term. but when the filmmakers - its like an expose type documentary - explored deeper, they found these raters were not only heavily christian but they were being disingenous - their kids were in their early twenties generally. (in other words, they were not a diffuse group, like america is.) the whole system is fixed to aver the fake christian virtue of chastity and denigrate sexually accepting, voyeuristic, or brave filmmakers. case in point, see how well a gay film does with the mpaa. if youre reading this thinking, "oh movies, that example sucks", imagine how many people see movies per year and how that medium could potentially influence the masses. hitler and goebbels understood this art quite well.
