Words Will Never Hurt Me

In surprising-to-no-one news this week, a new study from as reliable source as the Girl Scout Research Institute found plenty to confirm all your worst fears about girls who define themselves as “regular” reality watchers. After surveying 1,100 girls aged between 11 and 17 nationwide, the Girl Scouts found that compared with their non-reality TV watching peers, reality fans are likelier to agree that gossiping is a normal part of girls’ relationships (78 percent vs. 54 percent), that girls are naturally “catty” with each other (68 percent vs. 50 percent) and that it’s “hard to trust” girls (63 percent vs. 50 percent)… Regular reality-TV viewers also report spending a significantly larger amount of time on their appearance…

What about girls who cattily gossip about girls who watch reality TV being cattier and gossipier and more vain than girls who don’t? How much reality TV do they watch? (Welcome back, Mean-Spirited Wednesday!)