Catherine Mason continued to cheat on her husband with 17-year-old Nate. And Lord Marcus caught Blair in a steamy lip lock session with old boy toy Chuck Bass. In these two scenarios you see two women being depicted as the weak Eve, reluctant to temptation and sin. Catherine chose to cheat on her spouse because Nate gives her a feeling of youthfulness. Blair cheated on the man of her dreams not because she loves or even wants to be with Chuck, but because she was not sexually satisfied by Lord Marcus. These two women were willing to jeopardize wonderful relationships for personal wants and portray an alternative behavior to what is normally seen in men in real life.
The best examples of seditious men are politicians. (Do not think that I am denoucing the Democratic party, I am simply using these men as examples to prove a point). Time and time again politicians such as Bill Clinton, New York Mayor Eliot Spitzer, and most recently NC Senator John Edwards have been caught by the media cheating on their spouses with other women. However, the reaction for their sneaky schemes did not result in a divorce or even separation but a mere slap on the wrist. Through each sex scandal each politician’s wife stood by her spouse’s side. This reaction, through observation tends to be mutual among women. I have noticed from experience that most girls/women tend to stay with their counter parts, which only tells the wrongdoer that such behavior is acceptable. Not to mention it also radiates of vibe of insecurity within a woman.
These juxtaposed situations both show women as weak and commend rather than condemn the act of cheating. The urge to cheat may feel biological but such forces can be restrained by virtues. Yes a sassy cheating scandal makes for great storylines and news articles but it does not make the behavior any more right. A monogamous relationship should be respected and not jeopardized by a sleazy, emotionless temptation. So save the one-night stands for when you are driving solo.
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Another great episode of Gossip Girl, and of course it would involve cheating. I think cheating is a key requirement for every guilty pleasure show. Does this actually affect the amount of cheating that goes on with in society? Does this make it ok to cheat? All the cheating that does happen on TV is so romanticized that it is so hard not to want to cheat. Though all of us know that it wrong, it doesn’t seem so bad when beautiful people who live in a society full of wealth, power and high fashion are performing the act. I think that politicians live that life as well. Also when they want to feel like they have power, cheating is a great method of feeling like you have power. When you are cheating I guess you have feeling like you can do something that the other is not doing. That makes you feel like you have something above the other person in the relationship. I don’t know, maybe a lot of people cheat, and we only hear about the politicians they have such a big effect on our lives through the decisions they make. I do have to disagree with the reasoning of Blair cheating. I feel like Blair cheated because she waned to, in the sense that she is still in love with Chuck. She is doing so much to make his live miserable because of how he made her feel. I don’t think she would go out of her way to do this, unless she still had a lot of feelings towards Chuck. Can’t wait for your next post!
The only point I'd have to disagree on is the whole Blair kissing Chuck just because she wasn't "getting any" from the Lord. I'm still one of those hopefuls that maybe; just maybe, she'll end up back in Chuck's arms. [Well maybe not after the last episode were his revenge on Blair is starting to upset me] Other than that, I think that you made a very valid point. Since when have we made cheating ok? Have we all gone into thinking that even as horrible as cheating really is; we can't do anything about it so why worry?
Though it is seen mainly in men, [at least that's the way it's publicized] we can't exclude the degrading women out there too. Nicely put though, especially the last line. It was just a great way to tie the show in with real life. Yet again it was very entertaining. :)
Let me also add in the fact that even though it was a good idea to point out politicians, TV shows use that kind of juicy material to boost ratings. Throwing in scandals and those types of twists only makes it more popular. Why is that? Maybe it's our secret desire to watch how other people can self destruct. What does it really portray to those who have less than their own mind to think than that cheating is ok? As juicy as these scenes can get maybe reality TV should just maybe stray away a little more from what we were taught as 'the right thing to do'. I've said my peace. :)
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