The reality shows produced today all tend to portray women in a negative light, as being …show more content…
Furthermore, the show 's producers make it a point to clarify that the women in the show do not have jobs of their own. As seen in the seventh episode of season one of the popular series, when Dana, one of the cast members, receives news of her husband’s nomination for an award, she decides to go out on a shopping spree, buying outrageously priced dresses and other things. This simply implies that the lavish lifestyle they lead is all courtesy of their husbands, a theme which has been ever-present since time immemorial. In many cultures around the world, women are simply regarded as possessions belonging to men. To the men, so long as a woman is living a comfortable and extravagant lifestyle, he does not believe he owes her anything