I had my period of reading romance novels. I was something about 13 years old as I remember well… 

I was thinking these novels are innocent. But, are they? What kind of characters we have in nowadays novels? I read in one magazine only one love novel and I think, I read it all… Maybe I am wrong, but I really don’t have nerves for more… You tell me if I am wrong.

The men what were heroes in “my time” in love novels, are not IN any more. You remember Rhett Butler in the book “Gone with the Wind”? The same man who fought through the flames to rescue Scarlett O’Hara. Brave, full of passion, desire… That type of man is gone with the wind… 

What we have now? Modern heroes who are reduced to a coot and they don’t have anything to do with real man?
Modern heroine who has forgotten that women’s attraction lies in its power to love after a shipwreck and as a cat quickly again stand on their feet? 

What happened with “Tomorrow is another day” and the brave heroine, heroine to whom we were admire because of their ability to make a life decisions and go on?  Where are all those remarkable women who do not want to be victims, and do not represent themselves as such (because you are a victim if you allow to yourself to be a victim)?

Women are now turning to sensitive romantic heroes, as opposed to strong macho heroes who had once been favorable in romance novels.

Modern heroine, on the other hand, now exhausted by work, stress, divorce, or non-functioning family forgot what it means true passion for something or someone. Is that women’s fault? They wanted too much? They wanted to do everything alone? They know better? They can do it (better)!? They have to be everything: good mother, good cook, good worker, good wife… etc…. I am a woman too and I really find myself in this story pretty much… But, with age I am not sure that I am or I was right in that. 
  
New heroines in “new” romance novels longing for a man, who is not in their lives. They live without love or mourn at least six years for a man they lost, although it would be normal that after a second go to the specialist and ask for help, if they can not find the strength to continue life.

What those women characters in love novels can offer to young readers? What kind of new Mr. Right we made?

Real male virtues such as strength, integrity, ability to operate in difficult and crisis situations, are ignored. Such a point of view of modern women, who is seeking for a man who is too sensitive, threatened to destroy the relationship. Every comparison with a man from the novel, often lead to relationship discord. So, are they innocent? 

On that way, we are coming to the point and what kind of unrealistic expectations women have according to the men. 

But, is the modern man so bad? If he has a good job, if he is neat and nurtured – it seems that every mother would like to have that man for her daughter. However, according to the rules of modern romantic novels, it is far from the “desirable hero” because he likes beer, football and to going out with friends. In short – he is a man. What is wrong with that? 

This is dangerous, because it could lead to hopeless women expectations. These figures are based on current archetypes and women dreaming about them, but it just not a real life and they are just not real men…