The Bachelor Double-Standard

  

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So The Bachelor is concerned about their reputation as a quality show. You know, the kind you would feel comfortable watching with your parents or grandparents.

Apparently a contestant having a relationship with one of their producers is not keeping with their pristine image.

Rozlyn Papa, who was a contestant on the show is the center of this controversy. One of the show’s producers has been spending a little too much time chatting her up, and even admitted to having feelings for the 28-year-old model. Papa says that she and the producer are friends and denies an inappropriate relationship.

First of all, she’s accused of “cheating” by a show that celebrates her Bachelor cheating on her with 24 other girls. Does anyone else see any inconsistency here?

You will have to forgive me, I’m having trouble keeping track of Hollywood/Washington’s scorecard, of whose affairs are tolerated, and whose are unacceptable.

We’ll let late night comics like David Letterman keep his job after his dirty laundry has been aired. But this producer, well, he’s a rogue. He must be fired.

No one batted an eye when former President Bill Clinton finally admitted to having sex with that woman, but when Mark Sanford does it, everyone gets so self-righteous.

We look the other way when athletes such as Charles Barkley do it, but when Tiger Woods does it, we purse our lips in indignation.

Why the double standard?

Perhaps we are so blasé when we hear about Hollywood or Washington stars being unfaithful because they almost don’t seem real. We only see them in the window of our TV screens, so they remain characters. But it doesn’t answer the question why are some tolerated and others not?

Is it because we relate more to some stars than others? Is it because we almost feel betrayed when someone like Tiger Woods is unfaithful? I think it’s unacceptable when anyone does it, but to be honest, I felt a little more betrayed when Newt and Rudy admitted to their affairs, because I related to them more. It was closer to home. They shared my values, at least I thought.

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