T-Shirt Time

Let me preface this by saying that I watch Jersey Shore.  It's a guilty pleasure of mine.  My wife and I have even started calling Eastern Time "T-Shirt Time."  Located in Central Time, it's not something that comes up much, but we always chuckle.

In Season 2 Episode 9 of Jersey Shore, Mike is mad at Angelina because he feels that his masculinity is threatened.

In case you don't watch the show, the necessary players are..
Angelina - One of the roommates.  Accused of being a "ho" by a "pimp."
Mike "The Situation" - One of the roommates.  Resident manwhore.
Jose - Guy who has been trying to date roommate Angelina.
Ronnie - One of the roommates.  Talks with Mike in this exchange.

Jose atetempted to date Angelina.  He bought her a Fossil watch, and they had been on multiple dates together.  Angelina insisted repeatedly that she is a single lady and can do what she wants.  Angelina, with pressure from Mike, admitted to Jose that she "hooked up" with Vinny, which Jose interpreted as kissing, even though she had sex with him.

When Mike comments on Angelina's sexcapades, Ronnie says "That's shit you would do."

He readily admits that there is a double-standard, and embraces it because it is to his benefit.

A photo from Mike's Wikipedia page.  Hint: he's the one on the right.  

"It's not sad that there is a double-standard.  Everybody knows there's a double standard.  Everybody loves a guy that gets girls, he's a man.  He's the pimp.  And everybody doesn't like a girl that is a ho.  And it's Angelina." - Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino

For perspective, later in the same episode, Mike tries to "gets it in" in the bathroom of the club with a girl, but is stopped by the security.  It doesn't take much imagination to figure out "what getting it in" entails.

To be fair, the previous two paragraphs were sequenced in the episode the same order they were written.  He's proving his own point.

That he's trying to reinforce the hegemonic structure with him on top.  By being louder and more insistent than anyone else.

"How many guys did you sleep with in 24 hours?  Two," Mike declares during an altercation at the end of the episode, "You know what you're good at?  Being a ho."

Essentially what I'm saying is that these are horrible people, and you should feel bad that these people exist.

And that's why I watch the show.

Yeah... not going to write about Jersey Shore again.  It makes me sad.