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Can 'Big Brother' solve its problem with women?
Is "Big Brother" doomed to a future of sexist Paulie bros and useless floater chicks? Former Houseguests weigh in.
Shaunna Murphy Aug 24, 2016 11:00 AM
Since 2000, people have ostensibly tuned in to "Big Brother" to find out what happens when 16-ish strangers move into a house, have no contact with the outside world, compete in challenges to vote each other out one by one, stop being polite, and start getting real.
At its best, the show has featured a diverse gaggle of Houseguests who use a lethal combination of physical, mental, and social smarts to outlast their competitors week by week. At its worst — which, sadly, is where we're at right now — the minds behind "Big Brother" value young, tanned bodies, illicit hookups in the Have-Not Room, and ridiculously over-produced Diary Room sessions over actual strategic gameplay. And for some reason, the Houseguests being left behind are the show's women.
On "Big Brother"'s divisive 16th season, a cast full of baby hotties led to a season-long bromance that left women out of the game almost entirely. The most notable exception, Christine Brecht, received an appallingly sexist edit that crucified her, a married woman, for cuddling with fan-favorite Jersey bro Cody Calafiore. The woman who lasted longest in the game, Victoria Rafaeli, was essentially the editors' punching bag; a frivolous ditz carried along by Calafiore and his pals as a human meatshield.
Now, in its 18th season, we have Paulie: The absurdly chiseled, openly misogynist bro-dude brother of Cody, who cries when he loses and bullies the cast's women, whether it's gaslighting his "showmance" partner Zakiyah Everette (and bragging about screwing her after effectively ending her chance to win $500k) or berating his competitor Natalie Negrotti for being as fake as her tits. Read on here: http://www.revelist.com/tv/big-brother-women-problem/4288
Shut the flippin' front door! ~~ Do you think you were born awesome, or just grew up badass? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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