The role of media in perpetuating sexism and gender inequalities! SMH.
The Bachelor contestants get ready to ride tractors in bikinis in downtown Los Angeles. Image c/o ABC.
Okay, I have to confession to make. I watch The Bachelor and I admittedly *guiltily* enjoy it. With my glass (bottle?) of wine beside me, I go into these episodes with an understanding that what I am about to witness will be completely sexist and will inevitably stereotype its female cast members as backstabbers, crazy, drunkards, airheads, damsels in distress, and/or the I’m-here-for-the-right-reasons-and-am-innocently-looking-for-my-one-true-love girl. (Why else would anyone ever want to be cast on a high ranking national television show? Certainly not for the five minutes of fame.)
However, a portion of last Monday’s episode was a little harder to stomach than usual.
Chris Soules, dubbed the handsome and perfect bachelor (a.k.a. Prince Farming…because he lives on a farm, get it?), invited a group of six girls on the season’s first group date with a date card that read…
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Gender Lens 
So many of us do so much, and fight so many battles everyday. We fight inequality, patriarchy, sexism, abuse…In some places we fight for a right to live even. We strive to be better at home and at work. We try our hardest to prove that we are not boobs and faces, that we are so much more…. and there are shows like this…
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