We all see it in movies and television everyday: the annoying, clingy, ditsy girlfriend of some macho football playing guy.
Yet, from my previous relationships, these stereotypes of how women act in relationships are completely opposite.
When I got into a relationship with my now ex-boyfriend, he was the one who needed constant attention. He was at my locker every time I turned around. I felt suffocated, and thought I was the weird one for not clinging to him. However, I began to observe other couples and noticed quite consistently how many guys waited for their girlfriends at their lockers, and were annoyed when she didn't call last night. Women are in more control than ever it seems.
Why are girls called the whores if they have more than one partner, when it is clear that guys are the ones who are 'getting around'.
Girls are called needy and clingy, never the guys.
It has been proven that guys fall in love easier than women do, so why is it all over the media that all girls want is a commitment. Because I know for a fact that is exactly what I don't want right now. I would much rather hook up with a guy, no strings attached. But whenever that happens, the guy calls me like every day after expecting something more.
There are all of these negative stereotypes against women, that simply are not true, and only in the rarest of cases can they apply, but to nearly every guy I've encountered, they've applied completely.
It could possibly be women consciously rebelling against the preexisting stereotypes, but it also could be the fact that men really are more emotional than we give them credit for. From my experiences in junior high/high school, guys tend to think that girls like it when they are chivalrous, which to me seems true enough, but alot of times when guys try to be polite, they come off more as clingy.