In 1953, Marilyn Monroe, arguably the biggest sex symbol of all time, starred in the move "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." In this movie, Monroe sings a song that is still popular to this day entitled "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." The song essentially states that no matter how a man feels about a girl or no matter what he does for a girl, she will not be truly happy unless she is presented with the gift of diamonds. It also helps that Miss Monroe is dressed to the nines in a very sexy, form fitting pink dress and is covered with diamonds. Because of this, men watching were brought to believe that in order to prove their love or liking for a girl, they had to shower her with expensive jewelry. On the other hand, now women had these incredibly high standards as to what was an appropriate gift from their boyfriend or husband. Monroe was also kind enough to name drop a couple of diamond suppliers in the song too (Tiffany's and Harry Winston). While it is unlikely that an owner of a diamond company had someone write this song for Marilyn Monroe to sing, there is now doubt that these standards are still true to this day. Women still believe that men need to shower them with expensive gifts to prove their love, and men still feel the pressure to get the best, most expensive gift for his girl that he can afford.
I agree. You have a valid point that diamonds are not a girls best friend, but girls do loved to be ravished by gifts that men give them. This is shown in movies and Tv shows, because for the most part, it has a lot of truth to it. Women love the caring and compassion from a man, but it is always nice to have a man that will be able to take care of you and buy you nice things and that is what the producers like to exaggerate on; which isn't always the case with all women, but a lot of them unfortunately.
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