The Bachelor... Again!

Surprise, surprise I watched the Bachelor this week... This past Monday was not a regular episode because the Season Finale is next week. The last episode before the finale is always a special Bachelor edition: "The Women Tell All"... or the "Men Tell All," for female Bachelorettes. During the show, the producers invited Jason, the Bachelor during this season, and all the girls that were rejected in past episodes to talk and "dish" about their experiences. They also featured couples that are still together from the Bachelor or Bachelorette. Trisha and Ryan, the famous "bachelor couple that is still together!" spoke about their family and children. When I was watching Trisha and Ryan the thought occured to me that Trisha was the Bachelorette, which means that she asked Ryan to marry her. This made me think about the different roles that women and men are beginning to play in marriage and relationships. During the time when my grandparents, or even parents, grew up it would be outrageous for a woman to ask a man to marry her- especially on national television! This shows an increasing trend in our society of gender-equality. Obviously there are still many stereotypes and inequalities among both sexes, but I think this is a step in the right direction toward independence and confidence among women in relationships.