He’s Just Not That Into You, a film by Nancy Juvonen, released in 2009, follows nine people trying to overcome the challenges and complexities of modern relationships by attempting to read and understand human behaviours. There lives all intertwine with one another during their pursuit of true love and the film portrays each character at different stages of developing and maintaining a relationship. Connections from the film, He’s Just Not That Into You, to theoretical perspectives such as, the life course approach, exchange theory, and symbolic interactionism can be made through the lives and relationships of Gigi, Janine, and Beth by their attempts to survive in or gain relationships with the opposite sex.
Firstly, Gigi, a single woman who repeatedly misreads mundane actions …show more content…
Right. This behaviour relates to a theoretical perspective called symbolic interactionism, a psychological theory that looks at how individuals behave based on their perceptions of themselves and others. Men and women might interpret situations differently and use various language to express their ideas, which ultimately causes misunderstanding to occur. Gigi befriends the bar owner, Alex, who reveals the strategies men use to avoid a woman. For example, for men, “If a guy doesn’t call you, he doesn’t want to call you”, but for women, a guy may want to call but doesn’t for various reasons such as, scared of rejection, hurt in the past or they are simply “out of town”. This is an occurring representation of how men and women, or how Alex and Gigi, understand situations differently. Also, mental processes are not visible; only the actions that follow them are. Gigi attempts to analyze what her dates are thinking instead of
Firstly, Gigi, a single woman who repeatedly misreads mundane actions …show more content…
Right. This behaviour relates to a theoretical perspective called symbolic interactionism, a psychological theory that looks at how individuals behave based on their perceptions of themselves and others. Men and women might interpret situations differently and use various language to express their ideas, which ultimately causes misunderstanding to occur. Gigi befriends the bar owner, Alex, who reveals the strategies men use to avoid a woman. For example, for men, “If a guy doesn’t call you, he doesn’t want to call you”, but for women, a guy may want to call but doesn’t for various reasons such as, scared of rejection, hurt in the past or they are simply “out of town”. This is an occurring representation of how men and women, or how Alex and Gigi, understand situations differently. Also, mental processes are not visible; only the actions that follow them are. Gigi attempts to analyze what her dates are thinking instead of