Monday, April 20, 2015

Real Housewives?

REAL HOUSEWIVES 



Alright let us begin. Real Housewives for those who have not seen it, the premise of this show is to document the lives of your typical housewife. So how is housewife defined in the dictionary? According to the dictionary a housewife is defined as, “A married woman whose main occupation is caring for her family, managing household affairs, and doing housework.” Also the term housewife really originates from the cult of domesticity. The idea that women were to stay at home and serve their husbands and children. On their show the men work and the women stay home. They have a click of friends who become the real housewives. On the show we see drama and fights which usually contain alcohol. So why do these informative women get into these altercations. Why do they cause drama between one another? 

Well the answer to this is power. Did you know back in the colonial days puritan women; who were women that were part of the first setters of a religious group. The women involved were given typical gender roles as a housewife who were allowed to leave her sphere for church. This was the only way women could get out and talk to others outside of their family. These women were truly bound to this life. They couldn’t stand out from their peers they were married or they were seen a witches. Well these women realized something. That they could hold power over women. Similar to the housewives on the show they were involved in close-knit groups that’s gossip was considered valuable. By making accusations this was the only way women’s voices could be heard.

 Uh interesting women can only be heard if their starting drama.  This is still happening today. We pay attention to women like the Real Housewives because we want to know Becky’s little secret. Shouldn’t we be more concerned with real issues? Are once again we becoming distracted over things like this? Women have more power than having secrets over one another. I will be going over more ideas with the next show. Stay tuned.

Also take a look at the way women are being received. They think that they hold power from lies but in reality they are only considered a joke.

 
Some of the drama the women create on the television. Is this informing our youth to treat women like objects to contain power over...
But seriously though...
Come on women lets be more than drama let real things be told!


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