I mean, where would women be of we all were to believe the “Housewives,” “Basketball (ex) Wives," and the new "Hollywood Exes" pays? They all have one basic primmest is to depict women behaving badly, being a jump-off or the ex of somebody famous. I'm still trying to make sense of how this is for our entertainment. It's not, at least not for most real women.
Now enters "The Real Mistresses of Atlanta," a visual arsenic concocted by music producer and Pro Style Gel spokesman Memphitz. Is the television industry no longer focused on anything other than targeting women of color? Apparently, our already overcrowded airways weren’t quite ratchet enough. Sensing that he could capitalize on our willingness to watch mind-numbing drama, Memphitz is currently trying to sell a show that gives us an inside look at some of Atlanta’s most in-demand mistresses.
While the majority of the cast is black, the token white woman comes out guns blazing when she asks, “Who wants to f-ck a black p—sy?” and explains that black men love her … because she’s white. Right.
Don’t get me wrong. I understand that the “other woman” has been profiting off her status for a while. In ideal mistress situations she may have gotten an apartment, a filled closet, and a few pieces of bling for her on-demand services, but in most cases, the scenario is much less glamorous, involving a bucket of chicken and gas money if she’s lucky.
You see, by constantly glamorizing this behavior and bringing it to the light, we are signaling to young women that it’s perfectly normal to sell yourself for a man’s attention so long as he gives you something of value in the process. We are telling them it’s OK to come second or third and jump to his every command so long as he breaks you off a little change in the end.
But it’s not OK. We all know it. And while some of these women are certainly getting over, the price they pay for losing their dignity, being treated like doormats, and giving up their self-respect to the highest bidder just doesn’t seem worth it.
Stay tuned in if you wish but I do not wish to support those ratings.
If this post doesn't discourage you enough, click the link for the visual.
http://vimeo.com/m/38052013
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