Was watching The Bachelorette and noticed that the show doesn't 'turn the world upside-down', or similar, as much as its spruikers might have us believe. There are weird and unnecessary touches to the show that only make sense when you realise that they have been included because someone has said "We have to modify this otherwise this is just too emasculating, dudes". These are just three of the details I have noticed that are there for no other reason than to ease the men more gently into the aberrant and degraded position in which they find themselves.

Detail #1 is the rose design. These boys don't get no long-stemmers. Hell no! And why? Because they are GUYS people! Only girls get long-stemmed roses [Alright. Ladies get them too]. So, logically, if you gave a GUY a long-stemmed rose, that would make him a girl [or a lady]. And that is a no-no. Thus, because they are GUYS... wait, no. Because they are MEN, they get lapel roses. Yeah. They deserve lapel roses. You know why? Because MEN wear lapel roses. Lapel roses are masculine. And these guys, here, in this room, involved in this rose ceremony, these guys are MEN. Don't you forget it.

Detail #2 occurs before the rose ceremony. The host of the show uses this time to justify his presence and salary. He explains the 'process' of the ceremony and focusses everyone's attention on the importance of it's outcome to next week's episode etc. Well, in The Bachelorette, he also uses this time to applaud the MEN for being so brave and 'open' in putting themselves in such an unfamiliar 'position' which, because they are MEN, of course, is obviously the opposite of the one that they are used to [and which they deserve and should expect].

Detail #3 is again all about the language. As they go into the ad break before the rose ceremony begins, the voice-over man says "Whose ego will be shattered? Find out, next". That never got said about the girls. It was always "Whose heart will be broken?" and such. These are all telling departures. I find myself asking "Now, why would they do that? Hmmmm". And my answer? "Oooh. That's fucked up, yo".