Sunday, June 22, 2008

Will Nobbi's Penis Go In Big Mouth?

First of all, sorry, I could not help but use that title!

So, the "incident" went like this: boys in spa, Nobbi's takes nob out, Bianca calls Terri over, Terri disgusted, huge discussion about dicks ensues. Was it sexual harassment? That question is really up to the harassed to decide.

First of all, this is nothing like the Turkey Slapping of BB06. In that case Camilla was forcibly held down while John and Ashley put their bits in her face, possibly against her will. It also doesn't really hold up to the Celebrity BB incident where Warwick Capper exposed himself to Adriana Xenides and some of the other girls, just because of the nature of the Celebrity series, in that it was about celebrities raising money for children's charities, not a real reality series, nor an adult series.

Technically this would be counted as indecent exposure, which is illegal. When done in a joking way among a group of friends, there would be no problem though. If it was any of the other girls in the House there would be no fuss about this. But really it can't be categorised. It comes down to the individual and how they feel about the way they've been treated.

In this case, being just exposure, I'm sure Terri has seen her fair share of them in her life to not get too worked up over it. She is a bit of a fuddy duddy though. She would be well within her rights to go to BB and say it was the most horrific experience of her life, and BB would have no option but to evict Nobbi for breaking the rules. However I think she has more common sense than that. Going into the BB House she must have known she would be spending a lot of time with sexually-charged younger HMs and that this kind of prank might go on. Plus the fact that she is trying to be treated as an equal by them, and not a mother figure, would be affected if she did. Of course none of this gives anyone the right to make her feel uncomfortable, or takes away her right to feel uncomfortable about it. It just has to do with the way she chooses to perceive what happened.

There is also the fact that it was Bianca that called Terri's attention to what the boys were doing privately in the spa (though why they were is another question!). So is Bianca to blame for Terri seeing it?

And really, if exposing your genitals to other HMs is sexual harassment, why does BB give them the big open shower to share? Currently 3 of the men in the House are showering in all their glory (including Nobbi in the outdoor shower!). They have said it is for hygeine reasons, and because they are not ashamed of their bodies, however if it makes others uncomfortable, and if there is no way for any of them to shower privately, doesn't that count as harassment in a way too?

So the final question, and getting back to the title of this post, is what will Big Mouth make of this event tomorrow night? Will they touch it at all? Will they edit it in a positive or negative way? (Gretel, don't tell me they can't do that!) And the one thing we haven't even heard yet is, does Terri even care anymore, after her initial reaction? Maybe she did go away and have a big laugh about it. Maybe she came out 10 minutes later and gave all the boys a big flash of her own. Now that would stop them in their tracks!

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