Lust at First Sight

Hello all you Valentine’s Day love birds. When you met your significant other was it "love at first sight?" Do you believe that just by seeing someone, you could fall in love with them? I personally do not believe in this silly saying at all. I do believe that there is such thing as “lust at first sight” when you feel chemistry with a person right away which will lead you to continue to pursue them. Far too often the media tries to sell us the message that this lust or chemistry that we may feel towards another person when first meeting is actually love.

Think of Britney Spear’s “Fantasy” perfume commercial, or The Notebook with Noah towards Ali. Even as little boys and girls we are programmed to believe in this kind of love, just watch our beloved Disney movies like The Little Mermaid when Aril first sees Prince Eric, or in Alden when he first sees Jasmine. But let’s be honest with each other, how can it be love when those characters haven’t even shared words?! Is the media really saying that love is only skin deep or if you don’t feel a connection to a person with a first glance it will never work? Think of how many couples would not be together if that really were the case, maybe one of those couples would even be and your lover!? The media should really consider changing their view of "love at first sight" and change it to what it really is, "lust at first sight." That doesn't mean that love can't come out of that lust though! So lust on!

"Greek"

I decided to write about the ABC Family’s show Greek. It is a complex television show with many heterosexual relationships as well as one homosexual relationship that is just as equally discussed. Mind and relationship games are often played between characters of the show in order to “get the guy/girl.” One new couple worked backwards in their new relationship by first engaging in sexual actions, then dinner and then coffee. They also discuss the idea of “love at first sight” which would be interesting to expand upon.

I believe that the show’s audience is heterosexual young women because it deals with “girly” sororities and relationships. Homosexual men could also be the audience because there is a gay couple on the show, whose frat brothers make fun of them, but the main gay guy isn’t the stereotypical gay guy which I will further explain in my paper. Heterosexual men could also be interested in the show because it does talk about fraternities which can be considered a “manly” thing in society. This idea of being a “manly man” and violence towards homosexuals goes along with Yep’s article about Violence of Heteronormativity.

Being in a sorority here at OU, I enjoy watching this show, but I don’t always appreciate the stereotypes that are associated with sorority girls. If I meet someone for the first the time, I normally don’t mention that I’m in a sorority. It’s not because I’m not proud of it, but I don’t want them prejudging me before they actually know who I am. By analyzing this show, Greek, I hope to uncover the roles the women in the sororities on the show play and if they conform or go against the stereotypes set by other media sources. Also, I want to analysis the homosexual relationship that is in the show between two fraternity brothers and how others may preserve them. I will most likely use the most current episode of Greek to analysis the overall shows perspective on heterosexuality.