No. And it doesn't have to be direct to have an impact.
Not everyone is as aware of themselves, emotions and environment as you.
Absolutely, we already know that people are most influenced in their youth. Is it possible that growing up with a television set in the living room may have had ANY impact on the person's development?

Nobody is blaming anyone. I didn't mean to offend you.
You share your thoughts, and I share mine. That's all.
So why are you pointing the blame finger at me

Not everyone is as aware of themselves, emotions and environment as you.

OK, you wrote that romcoms don't tell you directly how to behave, as an instruction manual would. And that needy people reinforce their own belief systems. Duh. .

In your 'follow-up' post you didn't take back your claims, which I disagree with. There's not much to speculate here, and this isn't a profoundly philosophical debate. I want to reemphasize:

* When a guy identifies with these films in inappropriate ways, it is a symptom of a poor belief system, or 'neediness', but these romocoms are ALSO part of the original problem.

* Of course, on some level people are always 'deciding' how to respond to stimuli. In this case, we are talking about social conditioning. But not everyone does this appropriately. In the mind of a person with an already poor belief system, these fairytale films may be more real than you can imagine.

Why does it seem like every romantic comedy follows the same model? Has ANYONE in real life seen it play out this way?? One big thing is...Guy/Girl are GREAT friends...then somehow it turns into them hooking up...then BAD EVENT...then IT ALL WORKS OUT...I personally feel that one of two things or going on...or both

1. There are so many guys in the friendzone who want so badly to be with their friend that watching movies based on this structure gives them hope n as such it SELLS.

2. The vast majority of guys are that big of losers, that they honestly think THAT is how it works. That you have to befriend a girl and somehow magically transition into a relationship.

In any event, I feel that a HUGE amount of guys are getting programmed into this way of thinking. To me it seems like a huge disservice to alot of men to get this type of programming THROWN in their brain. There was a study that turned out to be a happy accident. Their was a chimp (98.6?? [I know it is 98.something] the same dna as humans) who was hooked up to brain monitoring equipment. He was being watched crack a coconut. A trainer just happened to walk in and try to crack the coconut as well. When the chimp watched him, his brain activity was the same as when he attempted to crack it himself. It shows that we are sympathetic beings, and can experience the same emotions and such by watching something as actually doing it. As such, seeing this model by watching other humans ACT, we can experience the same emotions. Knowing this, watching movies where friend ->lover models are in place is in all reality programming this mindset into a huge amount of the populous.

What are all of your thoughts on this type of mass programming?? Are you for it, because it keeps you a step up in the game? or are you against it, because it gives a false model, who's outcome is the RARITY, not the rule? Are you somewhere in between??