My Wife like a lot of women, and even guys out there watches shows like "16 and pregnant", "Jon and Kate plus 8", "19 kids and counting", and all of those other shows that exploit these families. What do these shows say about our culture.
These shows are exploiting these families and the hardships they may go through. Let's look at the show 16 and under. They try and make these girls victims. When in all actuality they are immature kids, who made a bad decision and are either having to pay for it for the rest of their lives or are choosing to either give it up for adoption or abortion. Now who thinks it's an even better idea to stick a video camera in their homes and schools and sensationalize this major moment in their lives. Maybe instead of treating these girls like victims and rewarding them with a spot on a TV show, they should put programming on that educates young girls to the dangers of screwing.
"Jon and Kate plus 8", and "19 Kids and Counting" are very pathetic in their own right. These families are using showbiz to not necessarily help their families but market the parents. What kind of family would pimp out there kids to make a buck. Again does any sane thinking person actually think that having dozens of video cameras recording each and every moment in your families life is a good idea. These parents should all have their tubes tied.
Now I'm no idiot and I understand that these TV networks on putting these programs on because people are watching. So I'm calling out each person that watches these shows. They need to find a hobby, or invest more time in their own lives and care about that. Don't add fuel to the exploitation. And I'm also calling out the sponsors. They need to find a better avenue to spend their money. Lastly this falls on the TV networks. They pretend like their standards are so high and mighty anytime someone swears or cusses on their networks, but they jump all over any chance they get to stick a dozen video cameras in some families home. Look at the success rate of these families that put their lives on TV. The Hogans, Jon and Kate, and Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. They don't work. Did some TV exec, tell Jon and Kate this going into it? I highly doubt that.
In my opinion these shows exploit the sanctity of marriage, and the try's and tribulations of parenthood. And everyone associated with it should be ashamed that they support it or watch it.
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Ya but think about all of the stupid shit those dumb shows provide. Not only meaningless things like conversation but I'm sure shows like these provide a ton of jobs for people. If you think about it, who cares if you screw over the suckers who fall for the network's line of bullshit. Those unlucky ones like Jon and Kate and Jessica and Nick should have just quit while they were ahead. The networks see it as ratings. It's just the dumb asses that agree to do the shows that get greedy. That's when they get in trouble. Nobody's fault but their own. Like I said I think the shows provide a ton of opportunities for people to have jobs and make money so who gives a shit if anyone watches them. If these stupid ass people want to ruin their own personal lives who cares? Just because people watch them it doesn't make them wrong.
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