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by Jason Hughes, posted Oct 27th 2011 1:30AM
There seems to have been a theme throughout this season of 'The Real World' (Wed., 10PM ET on MTV) about homophobia, or at least insensitivity to homosexuality. It doesn't even necessarily seem intentional on the part of the straight housemates, but their words and actions are sending a negative message to Sam, Frank and the viewers.This week, when Sam approached Zach to let him know that she and Ashley were waiting on him, a verbal argument over the ping-pong paddles escalated. Zach accused her of wanting him to go get ready so she could play, and she countered by saying she would throw the paddles over the edge of the porch.
"I will beat the gay out of you if you throw these paddles off the porch," he snapped. "Don't play that game with me."
Likely, Zach wasn't trying to attack her in a homophobic way, but those are the words he used, and that's the message that he was sending across. He was basically saying that her sexuality was something he could target in the same way that a racist would target a person's ethnicity.
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