Reality TV is Not Reality
Let’s get this straight: reality TV is not reality. I know it’s a hard pill to swallow, but it’s the truth. I’m not saying reality TV isn’t entertaining; I’m just saying it’s not REAL. Think about it: would anyone in their right mind willingly sign up for the humiliation and emotional turmoil that comes with shows like The Bachelor? Apparently, some people are willing to be utterly ruined and decimated on live TV for a shot at fame.
The Emotional Rollercoaster of Reality TV
Have you ever seen how emotional some people, not just women, get on TV after they find out they’ve been voted off? I’m not entirely sure how The Bachelor works, I’ll admit I don’t watch it, but the clips and newscasts that hit social media are hard to miss sometimes. The teary-eyed, red-eyed, sobbing, totally heartbroken and wrecked women that come crying off The Bachelor seem so distraught and destroyed that a person might actually believe that they are willing to sit down in front of a camera after being voted off and dismissed and have an interview right then and there.
Are you kidding?
If a woman, yes I will stick to women in this case since it’s The Bachelor we’re talking about, is really that distraught I have yet to meet one that will want to sit down and talk it out while spilling her heart out to millions of people online and at home as to why she thinks she shouldn’t have been let go. If anything they’ll be either bawling their eyes out and be inconsolable for a short amount of time, or a long amount, or they’ll just storm off and want to be by themselves for a while. Rarely have I ever seen a woman that wanted to sit down and explain to people why they felt so blessed to be there only to have it ripped from their fingers.
Why I Don’t Believe It
For one, they’re on a show where their whole intent is to woo a man so that he’ll potentially marry them. The whole idea of The Bachelor is to find a wife and create tension and turmoil that the women must make their way through and eventually admit is just too much. In all honesty, it’s one of the most brutal, heartless shows out there since it literally makes women compete for a man which, in this day and age, seems to be something that women are striving to avoid in this fashion. The whole idea of women being strong with or without men seems to crack and shatter with the premise of this show, since even if the women are strong of heart and will they’re still doing everything they can to make themselves worthy candidates for a man that has to do nothing more than sit back and watch the massive cat-fight ensue.
Plus, while it might seem extremely sexist and I apologize for it in advance, crying on cue has always been something that women are MUCH better at than men. Anyway, here are some classic shots of crying:
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