Joanna Schroeder wonders if Tim Tebow, or any “good man” could consider starring in The Bachelor, while maintaining a semblance of morality.
God, it’s hard to believe The Bachelor counts as news, but somehow that show always manages to make headlines.
Regardless, the host of The Bachelor had people all atwitter over asking Tim Tebow—who gets down on one knee for reasons other than proposing to overly-made-up women he barely knows—to be the next pretty-boy to woo a bunch of catty fame-grabbers on national television.
The good news? Tim Tebow will not be accepting the position. The producers of the show are saying the whole idea of Tebow starring in the ABC reality television show was just a joke.
This does, however, raise some questions about whether a guy who sticks to his morals, lives a relatively pious life, and who speaks about his virginity, could actually be The Bachelor.
Come to think of it, could any “good man” stomach being The Bachelor?
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That depends; what do you think of the catty, fame-grabbing women who enjoy having men fawn all over them and compete for their affections in “The Bachelorette”?
I think they are just as bad as the skeezy fame grabbing men who grope all over the women in The Bachelor. I don’t really see any difference in terms of fame whoring, reality tv.
Forget the military industrial complex. Forget global warming. Forget unregulated capitalism.
Reality tv is going to tear down society. Ugh, I hate it so much.
Let’s not lump all reality tv together! What about Top Chef, the early seasons of Project Runway, or Amazing Race??
The only good reality TV is sports. <_<
Yeah, Joanna. Just like there is good and bad scripted TV, there is good and bad reality. It just gets a bad name because it’s relatively new and there is so much bad reality.
Except that here there has been a lot of criticism/judgement of the Bachelor here but none of the Bachelorette (that I have heard).
Which, of course, is par for the gender discussion course.
Well I apologize for not wanting to write a piece deriding the Bachelorette. I think both are ridiculous. I don’t want to waste my words on it. Though, I suppose a detailed comparison on sex and gender roles in reality tv might be worth while. Does the Bachelor sleep with each of his ladies (or try)? Stud! Does the Bachelorette? SLUT! Seems like that’s how it might break down. I bet she doesn’t sleep with them though cause she’s supposed to be saving her “flower’” or whatever.
Both are wholly offensive to me for their commodification of love and connection.
With all due respect Spidaman3, the only good reality TV is Star Trek.
I’ll agree with that!
HAHA!
I second your motion!!
If you disconnect your cable from the television set you’ll pick up background energy signals from the Big Bang – that’s reality TV !!
During Bachelor commercials of course…
I not only think it’s not possible to be a “good man” and be in this show, I kinda don’t think you can even be a “good man” and support watching it. Sure, we all have the right to date multiple people before settling down with one, and can even date more than one at a time if you’re at least openly disclosing that policy. But to ritualistically make out with 10 different women in a night (or whatever the time frame is) and rub this behavior in the face of all the others, you have to be insensitive on some profound level. And aren’t you really just probably faking the emotion with a few of them, anyway, if it’s that many at the same time? But more importantly, I don’t think you can be a “good woman” if you support this show and sign up to be a contestant. You really think this is the way to find true love? I think you have to profoundly lower your own sense of self-worth even to submit to this kind of “the king will see you now” structure, where the women are supposed to feel they’re just lucky to even kissed by the handsome prince, while he moves onto the next just moments later. It reinforces the notion that a man can behave however he wants, and the women should still line up for his consideration and never question him. (For the record, I have nearly the same problems with The Bachelorette, though that structure doesn’t end up repeating itself in the real world as much as with The Bachelor.)
Agreed. ‘Bachelor’ or ‘Bachelorette.’ Insincere and creepy.
Pleaee don’t watch them…you only encourage these show s and their attention-seeking pathologies!
Stick to Star Trek, lol. At least I take my fantasy straight.
Y’all take it easy.
This is something that I have thought about quite a bit. I’m a single guy and the thought of having a dozen women all fighting for my affections sounds interesting, at least on the surface. When I dig into though I find the many pitfalls that this concept has. When it comes down to it there are some key factors that keep me from doing it: 1.) I value my privacy. 2.) The great spontaneous nature of a good relationship is lost when producers are involved 3.) most importantly, what kind of example would it be to my daughter seeing her dad making the moves on a bunch of women on tv and for money. It would set up an unrealistic and unhealthy image of what dating and a relationship is.
I don’t deny that the people on these shows are capable of forming real relationship, even when it is in such a short amount of time. Real love doesn’t have a schedule. It’s different for everyone. Sometimes it is fast and fleeting, others it stays at a slow simmer but stays with you your whole life, always in the background making you wonder what could have been.
Not to get all serious here, but I also have to mention that the show is pretty awful when it comes to diversity. No black men or women. No Asians. Hispanics? Maybe once or twice? An accent? Maybe once or twice. Freckles, short hair on a woman, or anyone with a different body type? Good one. Every single man and woman looks exactly the same and fits into exactly the same mold. I remember watching episodes of a season of ‘Bachelor Pad’ (yeah, I admit it) and for the life of me, I STILL couldn’t tell many of the guys apart after 5 episodes or so. I almost want to be the Bachelorette just so that I could request some diversity.