Would You Date the Bachelor?

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Seriously, would you?

This is the first season I've (casually) watched the show in years. I'm not gonna lie, it's kind of addictive. Yet, each time I watch it the feminist part of me feels utter disgust.

This Jason guy is attractive, and seems nice enough in all the interviews. But you know, I can't seem to get past the idea that he's quite possibly just another gigolo and I also have trouble digesting the fact that nobody is calling him out for being a playa'.

It's showbiz. I know that. But why is he portrayed as such a fantastic, good-natured guy when every episode he's conspiring to become the "bedmate" (for lack of a better word) of at least three or four different girls? If someone I knew was acting that way- let's just say I'd be less than impressed.

And the girls. Honestly. Perhaps it's just me, but isn't it a little um, nasty, for the fourth girl to spend the night with Mr. Jason after he's just spent the night with 3 other girls that she knows very little about? Am I really the only person who is grossed out by that thought? No? Anyone? Okay then.

And for the "lucky" lady who gets picked like a flower from a fresh bouquet of other -equally as beautiful- flowers, how special can she actually feel? So Jason  picks this girl, after just discussing in front of a camera how horrendously difficult the decision was to make. He tells anyone who is willing to watch about how he is madly in love with two women, let's call them Delusional Dame One and Delusional Dame Two. He chooses Delusional Dame One, unfortunately for the heartbroken Delusional Dame Two. After the show finishes and the two are wed, Jason and Delusional Dame One decide to watch the show back. Delusional Dame One comes to a heightened realization that the sweet nothings Jason was whispering in her ear were no different than those whispered in the ears of the other dames. Delusional Dame One sees the chemistry between Jason and the other dames and begins to wonder if he ever thinks about any of them or questions whether or not he made the right decision. That night at dinner, Jason and Delusional Dame One run into Delusional Dame Two. Delusional Dame One drives herself crazy trying to push the images of her husband canoodling with a couple dozen other dames out of her mind, all the while trying to determine whether or not she is sensing any electricity between Jason and Delusional Dame Two even as they sit on opposite sides of the room.

Oh, you know it ladies. Even men. It's gonna get messy.

So have fun Jason and whoever you pick. Have fun with your super-authentic, ridiculously- realistic, not-at-all-artificial romance.