Using the movie Love Jones I will talk about the characteristics of male/male and female/female relationship as they are portrayed in the film. Then I will talk about how different the female/male relationship is and focus primarily on their communication styles. There is some harsh vocabulary included in my essay but only in quotations that I have taken from the movie itself to communicate what was going on in the scenes I have chose to talk about.Female/female relationshipJosie and NinaNina is one of the main characters in this movie and Josie is her best friend. A scene where their friendship is characterized is one where Josie and Nina are riding in a cab. Josie gets upset with Nina (briefly) when she finds out that Nina has had sex with Darius (the other main character) on the first night they went out. The haste in which they have had sex does not bother her as much as the fact that Nina does not tell her. This example is a direct correlation to one of the themes of womens friendship that intimacy is cultivated through dialogue. This suggest that women build closeness in their friendships dialogue and by Nina not telling, it breaks the code of intimacy in a way. The establishment of a new relationship something like this that is an important part of Ninas life, and excluding Josie from that is what is troubling her. Even though I do not believe that to be true in this example, that can be argued as a reason Nina doesnt share.So, once Josie gets over the initial shock of the news, she wants Nina to tell all the details how big, how long, everything! The two women then begin to discuss the sexual relationship as only women can do. Nina says, It was like his *censored* just talked to me! Josie replies with a sigh, Whatd it say? Only true friends can talk like that !There was another theme of womens friendships in this example that women serve a therapeutic function for each other. Josie apparently has had some bad relationshi...
