Old Tradtion or Modern Ideas.

The other night while watching Gossip Girl, I saw a scene that really made me consider the direction TV is going in the relationships between men and women. In the most recent episode, Chuck, a very typically male character has just inherited his father's empire at the age of only 18. He is trying to be the hard man that his father was. His father lived most of his life single. It was also when he did the best business. Chuck wants to live up to his father's legacy, but he also has a girl, Blair, that he cares about and has gone back and forth with for a long time. Blair helps him through gaining the company and a downward spiral after his father died. She tries to do what most females would do and just continue to be there for him and support him. He was caught in between the traditional role of a working man, and the free life of an entrepreneur. He chose the latter, but when he finally realized it was the wrong decision, it was too late. He told her to stop "playing the wife." He used it in a derogatory manner. When he came to beg her to come back, she told him she never wanted to be his wife because he made it sound like a horrible position. Today, I think the majority of my generation agrees with their stance on marriage. Television shows and movies are beginning to reflect it. We are slowly turning from a society that see our future as a happily married family. People are redefining what it is to grow up in that sense. I am for new ideas, but It is weird to me to think about getting married one day as a bad thing. I think Gossip Girl is the perfect example, though, of my generation attempting to conform to the traditional ideas of family, but being unable to fit the mold.