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9 Witty one
12 Open a crack
13 Terrible 4
guy? 4
14 Rd.
15 Plumbers' 4
job?
17 X rating? 4
18 Stages a protest, 5
of a sort
19 On the qui vive
21 "And I should care ... why?"
22 "Napoleon Dynamite" star Jon
24 Sore
27 Distant
28 As well
31 As well
32 Submachine gun
33 "— Town"
34 November responsibility
36 Fellows
37 Failure
38 Cardiff's country
40 "Good-ness gracious!"
41 Extra
43 Tea variety
47 Table scrap
48 Johnson opponent
51 Anonymous John
52 Very enthusiastic
53 Telegram
54 Spring mo.
55 Colleen
56 Garbage barge
1 Cry like a baby
2 California town
3 Tardy
4 Stylish
5 Billboard
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7 Pack away
8 Massage
9 ABBA hit
10 State with certainty
11 Fellow
16 Carnival city
20 Grazing area
22 Mists
23 Ms. Brock ovich
24 Off-
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partner
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TRENDING
9 million tune in to Virgin in the Fantasy Suite 'Bachelor' episode
about this moment, and teasers for the "virgin" episode were aired during the week before Monday's program.
Nearly 9 million people tuned in to watch the highly
methen the highly publicized "Virgin in the Fantasy Suite" episode of 'The Bachelor,' as dubbed by Twitter users. Like most episodes, Monday's centered on drama and suspense and magnified an issue that in today's society some might not say is an issue at all.
Becca Tilley, one of the three remaining contestants on Monday's show, finally revealed to Bachelor Chris Soules that she is, in fact, a virgin. Several articles had speculated
Some viewers question whether all of this sent the wrong message. Did it portray that being a virgin is some sort of downfall, or that it's such a big deal that it merits a dramatic reveal?
The reason for the sudden interest in the show is because of the "Fantasy Suite," a tradition of all 19 seasons, when the Bachelor and his remaining three contestants travel to an exotic place to spend more one-on-one time together. Each woman is usually presented with an invitation to spend the night with her bachelor in a hotel room.
as it is almost a taboo subject on the show.
What happens in the room and the expectations of the couple will always be cause for speculation.
previous contestant Ashley laconetti's, have been ongoing throughout this season's run.
Tilley
However, Tilley chose this time to reveal to Soules that she was a virgin, and he responded with a deep sigh and a very awkward, dramatic pause.
A Washington Post blog challenged the show to "stop obsessing over the virgins" and instead focus on contestant Whitney Bischoff, who has to choose between Soules and her career. Either way, this episode brought into play the gender politics this show has always juggled, as the blog post said.
The storyline of Tilley's virginity, as well as
Since when has the question of whether a woman is a virgin become motivation for almost 9 million viewers to tune in and find out the answer to this suspenseful question? Leave it to "The Bachelor" to heighten the drama and suspense of what could have otherwise been a seemingly simple moment.
- Edited by Mackenzie Clark
@FSMIKEY: GUYS...
THE BACHELOR IS
TAKING A VIRGIN
TO THE FANTASY
SUNTEE... WHAT A
NIGHT TO BE ALIVE!!!
BABE YOU ARE A
VIRGIN. WHO CARES.
GOOD FOR YOU. IF
HE CAN'T DEAL WITH
GOOD GIRL HIS LOSS.
BACHELDR #BACHELORATION
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