View Full Version : Nick’s “Bachelorette” “made love” comment reversed yet reinforced gender roles


TMC
07-30-2014, 09:27 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/07/30/sex_in_the_bachelorette_fantasy_suite_andi_dorfman_is_called_a_slut_when.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

As Willa Paskin points out, "Nick (http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/im-real-a-character-study-of-mumblecore-nicks-bachelorette-run/), operating under the auspices of hurt, sexual naďveté, and a dash of hubris, does not believe that Andi (http://www.today.com/entertainment/bachelorette-andi-dorfman-shouldnt-be-shamed-says-jennifer-weiner-1D79993348), the good, classy girl he loves, could have been sexually comfortable and voracious enough to have really good sex with someone— him!—if he was not 'the one.' No woman who has ever appeared on The Bachelor suffers from this delusion. By bringing up the sex (http://www.salon.com/2014/07/29/thank_god_the_bachelorette_is_finally_talking_about_sex/), Nick is also upholding the specific gender roles of The Bachelor, in which men basically get to decide what is kosher.” PLUS: Fox News host calls Andi a "slut." (http://www.eonline.com/news/564587/say-what-fox-news-bob-beckel-calls-the-bachelorette-s-andi-dorfman-a-slut-watch-now?cmpid=tweol-manual)
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