Each year, millions of girls go through a screening process filled with ridiculous audition videos in order to hopefully stand out enough to be selected as a contestant on "The Bachelor."
Example A:
Poor Mandi
Hear me out because trust me, I am a die-hard fan of the show, I just wouldn’t want to be a contestant!
You run the risk of being picked because of ratings, meaning you will be labeled the crazy girl or you’ll be confrontational, but if you’re lucky you’ll make Top 10 and build a fan base that is convinced that you are the one.
But this isn’t natural. For some reason, we put "The Bachelor" at a higher place among reality TV shows or dating shows on MTV or VH1 because the contestants appear to be more stable.
In reality, this:
Is the same as this:
...only one has a little more alcohol and nudity!
Trust me I’m guilty too, but bottom line is it is an unnatural reality created in order to be entertaining for the public because everyone loves a good love story with a few twists!
Now yes, I want the rose, I want the exotic trips to different countries, and I want my future hubs to come visit the hometown to see how I grew up. But I want that from a guy that’s only dating me.
I want to know that in those moments, 30 million viewers aren’t adding onto my pressure to sell myself in the hopes that I’ll win over America.
As a girl, you get judged and judged everyday which is frankly just human nature. However, the key difference is that this is within your small circle of people you encounter daily. Sure, the random stranger on the street has their right to pass judgment but you’ll never know their thoughts. With "The Bachelor" you risk your self-esteem in the process of America judging you at each step of the way. Yikes!
C’mon people, Caila might not have been the most exciting but these tweets prove how harsh the criticism, post-Bachelor, can get:
TBH IM JUST SO HAPPY JOJO IS THE NEXT BACHELORETTE AND NOT STUPID CAILA
— say yes to the jess (@jessiejaninee) March 15, 2016
What's that sound? The country's collective sigh of relief that we don't have to sit through a season of Caila. #TheBachelor #Bachelorette
— Liz Davis (@lizilla82) March 15, 2016
I truly pity the girls on the show because eventually like the members of "The Real World" or "Dancing With The Stars" the public will forget them unless they were in the Top Three.
I genuinely wouldn’t want to be on the show because the mixture of public scrutiny, polygamy, and obligation to perform all for your future husband are aspects that in my opinion outweigh the rose ceremonies and the adventures.
So once again I reiterate the statement that my future rose, one on one’s, hometowns and travels will be shared between me and one other person rather than several.
