Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Double Standards
I’m a huge fan of reality TV. One show that I never got into that a ton of my friends watch is the bachelor. I heard that the most recent couple that was engaged just broke up. This does not surprise me. I think there has only been one successful couple out that entire show. (I could be wrong) I do not see how it is right for a guy to “date” X amount of women at the same time and it is ok. All of these women are perfectly fine with the situation because it is a competition. As more and more women get eliminated and the feelings grow stronger and stronger, things get more physical between the participants. Now, I can understand in the dating world if you are maybe dating 2 people or 3 and you are open about it and you are communicating that between all parties. You can be young and looking around. But to me, once you cross a point where emotions heighten and there becomes a more physical relationship, there needs to be one and only one. Since this is a reality TV show, this is acceptable. Think about the real world though. If guys were doing this, his buddies would be giving him high fives out the you know what! He would be held on a pedestal for doing that and not having to settle. He would be having his cake and eating it too. If a girl on the other hand did it (with the exception of reality TV of course), she would again be that slut or whore. Here we go again though with the notion that if we see it on TV it must be right though huh? This is what is out there and showing the younger generations…not too young though….that it is acceptable behavior. Now since I do not watch the show, I do not know the real reasons why the created the bachelorette. I wonder if they did to try and show they did not have a double standard, or again, to make a mockery. Anyone else feel this way? Would I feel different if I watched the show?
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Response to Shawn
ReplyDeleteHaha I def do not fully agree with your post but at least you are admitting that youy are not domesticated. LOL. The rule in my house is if you cook the other person cleans and if you use a dish you have to rinse and put it in the dishwasher. No piling up dishes in the sink. If the dishwasher is clean, then you empty it. Now for me, I feel like I am forever doing dishes. I dont cook. I dont like it and I dont know how so I am always doing dishes. I actually enjoy it. I know alot of guys however who say women cook and they always do the dishes and that is their job. Kinda like mowing the lawn. Do you really think that it is that bad??
Response to Yesenia
ReplyDeleteHaha I usually do not see men in my neighborhood with small dogs either! I said to my fiance that we should get a big dog and a small dog and he said no because he wont walk a small dog. LOL. However, my friend and her husband have a pug and her husband is obsessed with the Pug. Sophie is like his baby. In fact she is really excited he takes such good care of the dog since she is pregnant and due in December. I just think if the guy is secure with himself and does not care what other people think then they would walk a cat if they wanted too! (my brother has done that with his old cat who didnt mind a leash!!)
Linny,
ReplyDeleteI have never watched the Bachelor, but I have seen enough clips on tv to know that I think the entire premise of the show is ridiculous, especially the part about proposing marriage at the conclusion of the show - after what, 6 or 8 weeks of dating. Everyone is looking for love, but a reality show is the worst way to find it, especially a show like this! Dating is hard enough when you are in a monogamous relationship. With this show, you are competing with a bunch of other women, the majority who are looking to use the show to launch a career in tv.