Blog Post #10

Gina Lagrotteria

April 10, 2015

Blog Post #10

Women In Reality Television

This week in class we discussed the roles that women in reality television. The way women are portrayed in television is not how women are necessarily in real life. I feel as though women are trying out for these roles, so they become someone they are not when they are in reality television show. I feel as though when they are on reality TV shows, they are acting to meet the requirements that the producers want the character to be.

One of the examples of a reality TV shows that we discussed in class was the show Jersey Shore. Even though, I used to love watching this show growing up and would look forward to watching it every Thursday night. I have to say they choose the trashiest women to represent the roles of the women. No women act like that in public like the way Jwow, Sammi, Snooki, and Deanna did. The fact that had nicknames for the snow shows that they are not acting like their true self in the show.

Another TV show that comes to mind when thinking about the false representation in reality TV is teen mom. That show is not a very accurate representation of what teen mom is like. They create drama in that show to make it interesting or else people would not watch it regularly.  You have these young girls watching these shows and it gives an inaccurate representation of what teen pregnancy and motherhood is like.

Another thing that was mentioned was how violence has increased in society based on the fact of seeing reality TV women fighting on screen. Young girls grow up with the vision that this the only way to deal with problems, as that is how the women in television handle their problems. When in fact, there is numerous ways to deal with issues and problems rather than the way that reality televisions stars deal with it.

In conclusion, I feel as though reality television is not an actual representation of reality. People are trying out for these specific roles, so they are not acting like their true self they are conforming to the description of the roles of the characters. The behaviors that they portray are not accurate and because of the way they act in the shows it promotes behaviors that were not seen behavior.