The Girls Next Door > Be Warned !!

Before I put together this post, I had the displeasure of watching an episode of the so called reality show “The Girls Next Door”. The show stars Hugh Hefner and his playboy playmate girlfriends. There is close to nothing real about this reality show. The show is produced as the cameraman follows the girls and around as they do all these cool things. In real life, not many average people have the time or money to put up any competition to the action packed lifestyle these girls lead. It is wrong for viewers to think they are second class human beings because they cannot afford to lead a life like theirs. But who really cares to watch these girls who know absolutely nothing about anything make fools of themselves all around the world. In the episode I watched (and will never bother with again), Hugh took them out to a ski resort and provided them with just about every piece of luxury you can think of on a vacation. Everything from the limousine ride to the fancy dinner by the fireplace was provided for them. Their only assignment in exchange for this: produce as much drama as possible and make an idiot of yourself.
The messages viewers are left with after watching this show are all scary to imagine. It is especially important for teenage girls and anyone else who watches the show to understand the show is all fake. Not every girl will be handed the opportunity to have a hideously old man as a boyfriend and live in the lap of luxury in exchange. Even if it is offered to a girl, would she really want to live that way? The idea of the perfect body image is also contributed to in a negative sense by this show. Parents should explain to teenagers there is nothing wrong them if they look different from these girls. The broadcasting company produces the show, E!, would probably not think twice about the show’s informative content (0) as long as the profits keep coming in. Finally, I think watching the show to laugh at its stupidity is alright, but expecting anything else is absurd.