Gay Men

Not too long ago we talked about homosexuality and how the media portrays gays.  We talked about how some say its invigorating and empowering to come out to the public.  I think it can be quite constricting.  Today I watched a program on HGTV called Property Brothers. The concept of this show is there are two brothers they find couples looking to buy new houses.  They find a house for them and renovate it.  Today for the first time the couple they choose was gay.  I don't know how often this is done but out of the ten or so episodes I’ve seen they have never had a gay couple on.  As I continued to watch I begin to see differences.  The gay couple didn't act like the other couples on the show.  They also kind of reminded me of the typical gay couple.  One of them seemed like the alpha he was the one who was in charge of the money and the other was daintier.  Dave, the dainty one, kept making changes to the budget and seemed to have no concept of money.  Now, on most episodes when the big reveal is done the couple’s kiss and celebrate however, on this one they just hugged.  This made me ask myself why didn't they kiss?  Did they just not like to kiss or were they told not to?  All this made me think about the way pop culture and the media and generally puts homosexuals into like a frame and expects them to stay inside the lines.