Heterosexual Jill Review
Heterosexual Jill Review
Sexual orientation is defined as “the fact of someone preferring to have sexual relationships either with men, or with women, or with both”, according to the Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Under this definition, “preferring” is a psychological and philosophical understanding of human sexuality placed on a continuum with two extremes, heterosexuality and homosexuality. Jill, the leading actress of Heterosexual Jill (2013), confuses herself with her own sexual orientation after finding her “boyfriend” a butch lesbian. By depicting how Jill struggles through a “pre-ex-lesbian” phase and interactions among other characters, this film, Heterosexual Jill (2013), has focused on the topic of sexual identity crisis. In the beginning, Jill’s confusion about her sexual orientation opens the door to the issue and this is also the main storyline of the film. With sexuality ranging from exclusive attraction to the opposite sex to exclusive attraction to the same sex on the continuous spectrum, most people are naturally aware of their sexual orientations placed close to either extreme (or halfway). Therefore, their deliberate appearances or intentional behaviors tend to be corresponded to their sexual orientations. But some people are not in such a case, and Jill is a very good example. After she discovers the truth that the one, Jamie, she has crushed on is a butch lesbian instead of a real man, her doubts about her sexual orientation are formed. Unable to dissolve this mystery on her own, she seeks help from attending a conversion support group. In the meantime, she starts to become neurotic about the dilemma, and even stalks Jamie because of her attempt to prove that she is straight. By having one last fling with Jamie, Jill believes that she is able to confirm her heterosexual orientation and then to end this ridiculous relationship. Nonetheless, the unexpected should always be expected in life. When Jill denies the fact that she is indeed
Sexual orientation is defined as “the fact of someone preferring to have sexual relationships either with men, or with women, or with both”, according to the Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Under this definition, “preferring” is a psychological and philosophical understanding of human sexuality placed on a continuum with two extremes, heterosexuality and homosexuality. Jill, the leading actress of Heterosexual Jill (2013), confuses herself with her own sexual orientation after finding her “boyfriend” a butch lesbian. By depicting how Jill struggles through a “pre-ex-lesbian” phase and interactions among other characters, this film, Heterosexual Jill (2013), has focused on the topic of sexual identity crisis. In the beginning, Jill’s confusion about her sexual orientation opens the door to the issue and this is also the main storyline of the film. With sexuality ranging from exclusive attraction to the opposite sex to exclusive attraction to the same sex on the continuous spectrum, most people are naturally aware of their sexual orientations placed close to either extreme (or halfway). Therefore, their deliberate appearances or intentional behaviors tend to be corresponded to their sexual orientations. But some people are not in such a case, and Jill is a very good example. After she discovers the truth that the one, Jamie, she has crushed on is a butch lesbian instead of a real man, her doubts about her sexual orientation are formed. Unable to dissolve this mystery on her own, she seeks help from attending a conversion support group. In the meantime, she starts to become neurotic about the dilemma, and even stalks Jamie because of her attempt to prove that she is straight. By having one last fling with Jamie, Jill believes that she is able to confirm her heterosexual orientation and then to end this ridiculous relationship. Nonetheless, the unexpected should always be expected in life. When Jill denies the fact that she is indeed