Watch the classic film Grease and you will understand how relationships work in Western society. The film tells the story of a boy (Danny) and a girl (Sandy) who fall in love. Due to a series of misunderstandings they break up, but they still care enough about each other to try to revive their relationship. Through ballads like Summer Night, which are still popular today, the film shows how males and females view relationships differently. Danny, for example, describes his relationship in more physical terms while Sandy describes his relationship in much more emotional terms, like what they did that night. Films like Grease are like a mirror, reflecting society's values ​​and how it socializes its members. This makes it clear that in relationships, males – like Danny – are socialized to see relationships primarily as a physical and sexual endeavor, while women – like Sandy – see it as an emotional bond, which is the result of a deeper connection between the two individuals. within a relationship. It's tempting to believe that when couples say they're "in love," they see their love the same way—that they've "successfully defined their relationship." Love, after all, is the only legitimate reason for marriage in Western society and one should at least be on the same page before entering into a perpetual union (Henslin 468). Sociologists like to say that romantic love is composed of two components: sexual attraction (a biological response) and other-idealization (a socially created response that promotes a bond between two individuals) (Henslin 468). However this is a very simple definition of love because it turns out that romantic love is in the eye of the beholder. Heterosexual love researchers have... half the paper... completely differently. It is therefore no exaggeration to conclude that a couple who frequent this film will feel strengthened in what they already believe. Man will continue to view primarily physical and sexual relationships and women as a means to satisfy his emotional needs and those of his offspring. Works Cited Dosser, David A., Jack O. Balswick, and Charles F. Halverson Jr. "Male Inexpressiveness and Relationships." Journal of Social and Personal Relations 3.241 (1986): 241-58. Print.Gray, Peter. Psychology. 6th ed. New York: Worth, 2011. Print.Henslin, James M. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. 10th ed. Ally & Bacon, 2010. Print. Kanin, Eugene J., Karen R. Davidson, and Sonia R. Scheck. “A research note on male-female differentials in the experience of heterosexual love.” The Journal of Sexual Research 6.1 (1970): 64-72. Press.