I don't think it's just about romance. I think it's about the general use of male versus female characters. For example, in a recent movie (being general to avoid spoilers), the choice was made to focus on a male child as very emotionally important while that child's female sibling got only brief screen time and no lines. That's just as much a reflection of the values of the movie as the women only talking about men. More men get used in movies and television than women, in all kinds of roles.