Christiane Amanpour has made a career of exploring her way around war zones but in this next segment titled Sex & Love for CNN she’s going to be taking on a different tact as she delves into the intimate details behind women from different countries and how fulfilling their love lives are. It might at first seem like something that people don’t have much of a need to know but quite honestly it seems as though this subject might affect women all over the world. The subject is something that some folks don’t like to talk or even think about as intimacy is to some a rather personal thing that doesn’t need to be discussed. However Amanpour has taken it upon herself to find out just how women in other cultures find emotional and intimate fulfillment in their relationships.
By now many people probably think that the stereotypes that have been given about many countries concerning their relationships between partners are the unvarnished truth. Christiane is going to go in depth with several people to discuss just what it means to be intimate in several different cultures and how fulfilling a relationship can be in different countries. It’s a worthwhile effort no doubt but one thing seems to be troubling. She’ll no doubt interview a good number of people and ask them many questions that might seem on the edge of being rude or simply not allowable to some people. But barring that it seems that she might be taking a few of those from any given culture that are considered to be the norm throughout the country in which they’re found and deeming that this is how relationships in the country typically are.
That could very well be true of many countries, but while the typical findings could be heartening or distressing, as it seems she is trying to discern, they are not indicative of an entire culture. It is very true that those who aren’t entirely defined by their culture when it comes to intimacy and matters of the heart are in the minority, but the mere fact that they exist means that her findings won’t be one hundred percent accurate. They will be interesting to be sure, and informative to be certain, but they will not represent the entire culture she’s decided to report on. Instead, just like any study every conducted, she will find a control group that will represent the majority of a culture and she will use this as a rallying call to the women of the world in an attempt to give women the strength to seek absolute fulfillment for their intimacy and emotional needs. That’s great, and it’s a worthy cause that could become the answer that women need to feel content with their lives.
But it definitely excludes those that are already quite content, and could very well alter the perceptions of those that are sure that they are already content with their place in life. It’s a worthy attempt, but it’s also bound to be seen as interference as well as an awakening.
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