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Apparently it's a joke? I don't know how this is funny, because not only does it degrade women, but it makes a joke out of domestic violence. Really? Well, this picture fits nicely into a hot topic that has been in the news lately: Snookie's famous punch on MTV's Jersey Shore.
I have to be honest with all of you, I love Jersey Shore. It's unhealthy. I'll catch myself quoting it with my friends, using the word guidette in daily conversation, and yes, when I'm out on a Friday night, you will see me doing the fist pump. That being said, I like it in the way a person enjoys watching a train wreck: It's amusing. It's fun. It's silly. On a serious note about the show, I didn't know how to react to Snookie getting punched in the face. There is OBVIOUSLY never justification in hitting a woman, let alone any person, but to air it on TV? The show is wildly popular, and that situation (no pun intended) brought a major amount of viewers into watch. The thing I was more interested in was how the advertisers reacted. Was it right for some of them to pull out? \What if it was one of the other housemates that got punched in the face, like Pauly D? Would there have been the same reaction? Would people have believed he deserved it? These are things I always think about when any fight breaks out, because it’s definitely a gender issue. If a man fights, it’s to show his dominance, to prove his power and masculinity, but when a girl, like Snookie, gets hit, or gets in a girl fight, it’s a huge ordeal, because women aren’t meant to fight. I’m in NO WAY saying she should have gotten hit, and I personally believe they shouldn’t have included it on the show, but it’s just a few questions to get people’s perspectives. I’m not sure if it is, but it could even go into the issue of heternormativity category, because Snookie’s punch can’t easily be "put into a box" because of her sex.
What do you guys think?
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