Say what you want, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity once I saw the title of this article on askmen.com. (That's a great website for general information about almost any topic relating to real life - versus which celebrity is pregnant with Z's baby!)
The link is below. The article is entitled, "Be More Like Edward."
If you've been living under a rock, then you obviously have not heard of the Twilight series and have no idea who Edward is. The series is a collection of four books about how a human girl and a vampire boy fall in love. It is extremely popular with girls (mostly) around the age of fourteen to their early twenties. Personally, I hated the ending to the series and Bella's (the human girl) inability to make up her mind on which boy she wanted (Edward or Jake). But that's just me.
Now, let's get back to the article. The whole premise of this article is that girls around the world are now holding out for boys that are more like Edward. I found the below quote at fmylife.com:
"Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she wanted someone more like her "Edward". I asked her who Edward was. She held up a copy her "Twilight" book. She was talking about a fictional vampire. FML"
Again, let's get back to the point of the article. It lists these four reasons for why Edward is so attractive to women (and ways to one up him).
1)
Edward chooses Bella
2)
Edward sacrifices his own comfort to be with Bella
3)
Edward has impeccable manners
4)
Edward is a total contradiction
I
know a lot of girls who have read these books and having read them myself, I
can testify that they're fairly romantic.
There's a lot of chivalry and quaint events that I think the girls are
responding to and yearning for in their relationships. This is just a personal hypothesis, but
I wouldn't be surprised if the romance they experience from books releases some
dopamine and Oxytocin in their brains, and that's the cause of all this fuss.
Either
way, the site gives some good tips on how to one up that jerk, and it could
possibly respark your relationship or help you find one.
http://www.askmen.com/dating/heidi_300/368_be-more-like-edward.html
Personally, I'm more of a Harry Potter person. I have read the Twilight series as well, and I think it is potentially possible that both of these book could help people in ways that are not directly from the book. I found one (rather long) article about how some therapists are implimenting the characters from these popular books in order to better understand and relate to their clients. They will have their clients place themselves in the book (as an actual character) and ask their clients to tell about their feelings and behaviors, as well as observing and understanding how their client's mind works. I thought it was a pretty intersting way of therapy, and I also think that it can potentially be controversial (especially with those who are nearly obessed with their fantasy world...such as those in the Avatar blog).
Here is a link to the article:
http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=ruth_anne_robbins
I have watched the first Twilight movie and although I found it to be a good movie, I do not understand why people, girls especially, are so addicted to the books, movies, and Edward. Unlike me, my roommates are addicted and love Edward. One of them even owns and Edward t-shirt. Anyway, I went to the sight and I actually thought that the advice for men was pretty accurate and good. Girls want a guys that makes them feel important and I think the tips help achieve this.
The fact that girls are obsessed with Edward could very well have something to do with hormones. Girls watching the movies may get excited over the romance and produce higher levels of dopamine and oxytocin. The higher levels of oxytocin may be what is causing the love hype and wanting their men to be more like Edward, so they can continue feeling lovey dovey and be in their fairytale world.