#10 Gender Bender

This video was absolutely hilarious. Basically it was a break-up scenario and the roles for the girl and boy involved were reversed. Initially it didn't seem as if there was much of a change because it is possible that a girl would want to break up with her boyfriend because she wants to move on in life and a guy could react by taking it personally. As we've seen, it depends on the individual.

After that when each of them went to visit their friends it was very obvious that the roles were switched. The young man basically went crying to his friends as like clockwork, his friends were instantly supportive of his plight. They told him that nothing was wrong with him and that he was too good for his girlfriend anyways. Everyone's attention was on the one with the problem. Now on the other hand, the young woman approached her friends and was unnoticed until she announced that she had broken up with her boyfriend. Her friends were also supportive but in a different way, it was mostly disinterested support and they all didn't speak up at once. Even then, one of her friends was still concerned about another event they were attending during the weekend. Either way, both groups were supportive of their friend, they just showed it in different ways. So I could see how a woman may say that her boyfriend's friends don't care but they do, they just show it in a weird, detached way.

As a young woman, I can immediately see how I identify with the females because I have been supportive and I've even said some of the same things like "oh you're so much better than him anyways." That's what women do, we provide the self-esteem boost after it takes a huge blow. Still, this video was very amusing but it does show that when the roles are reversed, it isn't something we expect.