Bachelor and the Bachelorette

Bachelor and Bachelorette 

First I searched the definition of a bachelor and a bachelorette. A bachelor is defined as a unmarried male while the bacherlorette is defined as a unmarried YOUNG woman. Right off the bat we have a stereotypical view of men and women. A bachelor has no age limit. He can be a young man or an older gentlemen. While the woman are allowed to be a bachelorette during her youth. 

The women and men are also advertised differently. What do I mean by advertised well women biographies are simplistic while the men biographies specify details. The woman biographies (as seen below) consist of little content however the males express much more. I also find it interesting that the males profile list occupation as well as their greatest achievement. 

What do we learn from the bachelor?

First it is presumed that women will move their life around to the man's needs. Also no matter what show whether it be the Bachelor or the Bachelorette the man is always the one that ask the question. Therefor both men, ask the woman the question will you marry me. The bachelorette then must deny one man's proposal. She is then looked at in a negative manner. This show, also maintains the idea that women need love more than anything else. Except when a woman tries to be intimate with a man she is perceived as a "slut." Women are also treated unequally when it comes to women's sexual actions and desires.

This brings me back to the role of Native American women. Native American women did not have the same expectations as colonial women when it came to sexual intimacy.  Colonial women had the idea enforced that they could only have one partner. The man of the family was in then in charge. However; Native American women had multiple partners and they were treated equally when it came to their role in the tribe.What does the word slut imply for women nowadays. The word slut has a very negative condentation. By referring a woman to a slut we are placing them into a unfavorable category. When we use the word slut we are placing them back in history. We tell them that to be a respectable woman and to receive a respectable man you must not have sexual desires. A woman must be faithful to her man but men have never had the same expectations.