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Essay / Is Bad Girls' Club really that bad? - 1100
As many may know, television has become less cautious about what is broadcast. TV shows now reveal certain aspects and situations that should not be shown. One show that has become a major problem is Bad Girls' Club, created by Jonathan Murray. A blogger named Bea Blessing states that "The Bad Girls' Club is actually an American reality television channel that parodies femininity and follows the lives of seven women with different personalities, behaviors and unconscious issues, as They live collectively in a house. while in three months. This show undermines women on many different levels, and it is indeed a show that thrives on negativity. These seven ladies have been living together for three months, have no job and display immoral behavior. In fact, over the course of a 30-minute episode, you can expect to see adult women constantly fighting, using provocative language, drinking and partying excessively, and even transporting random men from the club to and out of their house. This type of content poses a major problem because teenagers feel the need to believe that this behavior is acceptable. As a result, children show increased violence and risk of having sex prematurely. Children, like adolescents, are receptive to what they see on television; therefore, they are more likely to imitate this type of behavior. Kate Moody, author of Growing Up On Television: the TV Effect, explains: “Television gives children an unreal perception of the world of material goods” (50). The series makes it seem like violence, sexual escapades, and partying are the only things that make up life. Although Bad Girls' Club is not a show aimed at younger audiences, children find themselves watching...... middle of paper...... Works Cited Blessing, Bea. “The Bad Girls Club Season 6 Episode 10 Wilma goes BAMM BAMM.” Web log publication. March 29, 2011. The web. April 21, 2011. Clifford, Brian R., Barrie Gunter, and Jill L. McAleer. Television and children: evaluation, understanding and impact of the program. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1995. Print. Collins, Rebecca L., Marc N. Elliot, Sandra H. Berry, David E. Kanouse, Dale Kunkel, Sarah B. Hunter, and Angela Miu. “Watching Sex on TV Predicts Adolescent Initiation.” Pediatrics 114.3 (2004): 280-89. Premier Academic Research. Internet. March 1, 2011.Jackson, Tiffiny. "Is the Bad Girls' Club a problem?" Personal interview. April 20, 2011.Moody, Kate. Growing up on television: the TV effect: a report to parents. New York, NY: Times, 1980. Print.