Originally Posted by ClassicGarfield:
“The idiot crowd bother me.
Steph was in a relationship when she cheated with jez, and she got all the hate but jez got all the love.
Marco is in a relationship and Laura isn't, yet she gets all the boos.
Hmm I see a sexist, thicko pattern there.
IMO. You are just as much at fault if you if you are the one not in a relationship but knowingly with someone who is. The blame should be equal - especially if you know the person is already in a relationship. It's called having self control and not knowingly participating in cheating.
In their situation though he is saying his relationship is "open". That's what he's told her and so she isn't at as much blame as him if you ask me. Cause only he knows if it really is or not. If it is open tho, then technically no cheating has happened.”
I don't see why knowingly participating in cheating is a problem. The only reason cheating is a problem is that it breaches trust. When you're in a relationship with someone, they deserve your loyalty. What constitutes as loyalty varies from person to person - the difference with open relationships is that it's agreed and accepted that you can sleep with other people, therefore it's not actually unfaithful because it's honest and loyalty continues to be shown under the terms agreed in the relationship.
In a non-open relationship, the only way I'd put the other person at any fault is if they are friends with the partner, because that's a breach of trust in itself. Laura doesn't know Marco's partner. She doesn't owe her anything. Therefore, there should be no guilt on her here at all. Obviously she's been led to believe that the relationship is open anyway, but even if he hadn't said that I wouldn't have a problem with what she's doing. Any problems it causes between Marco and his partner are
all on him.
I agree with you about the sexism thing. Women seem to get all the blame in these things. And actually, that is why the first person to be evicted via public vote is always female - we judge women so much more harshly.