SURVIVOR

[Clueless Morgan]

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LOL, what is it with you and strawmen??

There are better ways to argue Kimmi's point than to strawman Monica like she did.

Plus, as a mental exercise, it's kinda fun to see when you can spot logical fallacies on the fly.

Jeremy is boring. I hope he doesn't win.

Me neither.

I do hope they both make it to the merge because I can't wait to see them compete against each other.

I hope they both make the merge, too.

With Stephen.

Yeah, I had the feeling when they lost the immunity challenge and Jeff asked her about it she was all like "oh tribal is not that bad." 

Dead player walking from that moment on.

LOL, I am the same way though! I don't mean to be mysogynist, but the men on the show really *are* better lol.

Or...

We are culturally primed to accept the kind of behavior indicative of a "good" or "memorable" survivor player in men more than we are of women.

Hmm, I hope that's not subconsciously why I like them less.   

Googled some articles on sexism and Survivor (it's been a thing for a long time) and got these:

(quotes of the articles in the hide tags)

The Tribe Has Broken: How Sexism Is Silently Killing 'Survivor'
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/20...g-survivor

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Nothing beats the aftermath of the fact that after winning a challenge, John had to give away to someone a clue to a hidden immunity idol. Candice, because she strongly dislikes former NFL-er Brad Culpepper, thought it would be good to give the clue to Brad's wife Monica, on the theory that having a perceived advantage might make Monica a target. So she said to John, "Let's give it to Monica." He agreed, and gave it to Monica. "Does she tell you what to do all the time?", host Jeff Probst sneered. John joked back that she tries, but he doesn't always listen, blah blah blah. Your basic "Cool story, bro."

And then immediately — immediately — Brad Culpepper gave Monica the order. Firmly, with no discussion. "Walk it down and put in the fire. Walk it down and put it in the fire. Walk it down and put it in the fire." He said it three times, just like that, and after two times, she got up and did it. Did Jeff Probst say, "Does he tell you what to do all the time?" No, he did not. Candice did: she jumped in and said, "Doin' what she's told." But Probst just said, admiringly, "That's the first time that has ever happened."

Now, maybe Candice was more bossy and they didn't show it. Maybe the Culpeppers talked more and they didn't show it. But the scene the show gave you reinforced an idea right out of Catskillsian comedy of the late 1950s: the sickest burn you can lay on a guy is that he listens to his wife. But when a guy lowers the boom and his wife follows without question, that's just a strong man being a strong man. There has rarely been a more naked accidental reveal of the fact that the show — and specifically its host — are rolling around in gender dynamics of which they are almost completely unaware. Not only is this a rotten thing for women to have to watch, but it's a rotten thing for men who aren't jerks to have to watch, because it basically means tuning in to hear a bunch of swagger-shaming based on the apparent influence of too many four-blade razor commercials and too little interest in hearing women talk.

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http://www.buddytv.com/articles/survivor...56379.aspx

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When women cry, they're emotional, but when men cry, they're sensitive. Men are competitive and passionate, women are dramatic. Men strategize, women have to be handled. Men are leaders, women are their puppets. Men are threats, women are expendable. Over and over again the double standard rears its ugly head.
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You can write Rodney off as a product of his environment, but that doesn't make his propaganda any less dangerous. Several of these players grew up watching Survivor. What kind of messages are Rodney, Dan, Will and even Mike sending young fans? Would everyone do and say nothing if Rodney was using racial slurs or bragging about using physical force against a homosexual tribe member? It's upsetting to me that these womens' self-worth can be bought and sold for a million dollars.

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They haven't shown much of Stephen, which makes me think he may not last long. But them again they haven't shown much of Joe either, so I HOPE that's not the case.

They haven't shown a lot of a lot of people, and the one person they've shown the most of this season was voted out last week: Varner.