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I think it plays a large part, because I've seen MANY derogatory posts from that angle. The hate for Lisa and the horrible, vicious things said about her are way over the top. You'd think she was a mass murderer or something. It's sad and disturbing to see such hate directed at someone for being a not very articulate, butch lesbian who is on the dole - in todays so called enlightened society.
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It's the way things seem to work in our society at the moment. It's fine for katy perry to write a song about kissing girls, it's fine for the likes of britney spears and madonna to kiss at the mtv awards, it's fine for female friends to kiss in a club to tease the fella's when they're drunk, but if you're actually gay (femme, tomboy, butch, whatever) then the prejudices for
some individuals come out of the woodwork.
Yeah i can understand people not being impressed with her being on the dole when they have to go out to work everyday, whilst she seems to make excuses. No she's not articulate, and when in the midst of an arguement is incapable of listening and having a rational discussion about the situation. Yes she sits there and bitches about other housemates....the whole boasting about being able to turn straight women was pretty embarrasing.....for me those things don't make someone evil, unpleasant, lazy, but not evil.
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Bea has been so much more horrible and manipulative, but because she is a straight, educated, attractive female from a privileged background she gets more of a pass.
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Lisa had a personality clash with Freddie and Markus, whilst Bea seems to be giving most people in there a hard time. Definately a lot more manipulative, once again i find her unpleasant. I was having a discussion with someone the other day, we both went to a pretty decent uni where binge drinking was a massive part of life. The stuff people got away with was pretty spectacular, if it was any other 18 years out on the town, they'd have most certainly been arrested, you look at white collar crime and the people who get away with millions of pounds....so i'd definately agree in certain circumstances your background can have an impact on the way your behaviour is percieved and what you can get away with.
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Look at the Freddie situation - Lisa found Freddie very annoying at the start (like MOST of the HM's, remember) and she didn't hide her feelings. It was all upfront and 'out there'. It wasn't pleasant, but at least we knew what we were getting.
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From the start i found Freddie annoying, but I also think Lisa went to far at times and was pretty disrespectful when she could have just walked away and said nothing....It's not nice to see anyone being isolated, at the same time, freddie seemed to lack any self awareness as to why his behaviour may have annoyed people in the house....still doesn't justify the way he was treated...the hide and seek situation, the putting the bed in the toilet were nasty (although lisa was not directly involved in such incidents).
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Bea, on the other hand, had heard Freddie was popular with the public and was all over him like a rash from the moment she stepped into the house. Then she found that he annoyed her, too, and ever since she has been putting him down in the most sneaky, devious little ways to try to sway the public against him, and at the same time sending him mixed signals to keep him wanting her - making him look foolish.
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Quite, at least Lisa stuck by her 'friends' and showed some loyalty. I'm trying to work out Bea's motivation for going in to the show. Is it for the money? Because if she's intelligent as she thinks she is, then she must be aware the public will see the way she's treating the people in the house, and she won't exactly get a pat on the back for it when she leaves...