I think Valentine's day isn't really a fair holiday. First off, you have people who are single getting all self conscious about the fact that they don't have a date. They either bitch and complain or silently wallow in their sorrows, thinking there's something bad about them that makes them impossible to date. Then you have the people who are IN relationships. The mass media kinda illustrates the holiday as a day that the man in the relationship should pamper the woman. The man will typically take her out on a nice date to a dinner he had to pay for, buy her chocolates, flowers, and plushies, and then spend the rest of the day together all lovey-dovey. He'll receive a gift as well, usually, but I bet that some guys would prefer sex out of the deal. I know it's not ALWAYS like this, but I feel like this is the case 90% of the time. It's also a very sexualized holiday, meaning there may or may not be expectations on both ends-- meaning a relationship could end up along the lines of "all you wanted was sex today! Q_Q" Social norms are starting to irk me more every day. Why does society encourage guys and girls to act like this? And the fact that people actually DO it. How2shattersocialnorms?
I'm not saying this 'cuz I'm single or anything, but I mean, c'mon. I find it kind of fucked that people treat Valentine's day this way
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