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I Hate Girls In The Real World
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(Feb.26.09)
I've already admitted to watching the entire season of Bromance, so telling you that I've filled the post-finale void with The Real World: Brooklyn probably doesn't come as a surprise. It's the 21st season, and I figure if a show has been on the air since 1992 I can't be the only one watching.
If you aren't a regular viewer, here's the short summary: Take one house and fill it with seven sub-25 year old strangers who are selected because they will likely disagree on all major subjects and/or make out. This cast has been underperforming in drinking and nookie, but there's plenty of fighting. What bothers me is that the anger is split like a grade eight dance: girls on one side, boys on the other. I'm sure you have neither the time nor the inclination to read a complete season summary thus far, so let me oversimplify the situation instead:
Bad Boys: After some diva behaviour by one girl and some self righteous judging by another, the boys decide to retaliate by purchasing a rat and sticking it in their beds around 3AM. Dennis the Menace would be so proud.
Bad Girls: The boys want the girls to stop being so messy. They suggest a chore sheet and are laughed at. They ask nice and are yelled at. The girls can't believe the boys would dare to ask them to wash their own coffee mug and pick their own hair out of the sink. Girls spend most of episode talking bad about the boys behind their backs, after refusing to go to a house meeting to resolve the issues face to face. When it all boils over (insert smashed coffee table and phone thrown out window) the girls claim they would have complied with the cleaning requests "if you had just asked us nicely."
You may have guessed who I'm rooting for. Rodent pranks may be juvenile, but I think the women are the ones who have the growing up to do. What happened to R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
Ladies, if we have a problem, let's fix it.
If you'd like to read a few more of my thoughts on today's women, check out my blog on the confusing state of modern feminism.
All photos in this story courtesy of www.mtv.ca