2006-10-22 03:26:07 · 17 answers · asked by Snorty 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
i watch soaps. i have no idea why. i laugh at how dumb the characters and storylines are. i think its funny all the women are whores. but yet i cant stop watching... help me....
2006-10-22 08:04:29 · answer #1 · answered by SallyC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that this is entirely a gender issue (some men like soaps, some women like sports), but here is my opinion.
Men enjoy watching sports on television, football, baseball, and basketball (among others). Following sports statistics, players, and playoff games can become a generational thing. Fathers and sons and grandfathers will all pile together to watch or talk about sports. Games from 20 years ago are still discussed among those knowledgable. In the work place or in a bar men will often congregate and the thing that they have most in common is watching and talking about sports!
So, what does this have to do with soap shows? Well, with females it is a similar experience. Soap shows are being watched by mothers, daughters, and grandmothers. The characters on the shows seem to remain there forever. Some soaps have been around for 20 years and bridge a generational gap. Whenever females gather in the workplace, bar, or at play you can almost always find someone who watch a soap. Soaps are not taken seriously. They are mindless fun that seems to connect women together in a social situation, very much like the social interations seen when men get together to discuss their favorite sports.
Both sports and soaps seem like harmless passtimes to me. And, if they get people together and talking . . that is probably a good thing . . as long as it isn't taken seriously.
2006-10-22 03:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 07:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some are just fascinated with the actors role and that keeps them glued to soaps
2006-10-22 04:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by ωнєη уσυ ѕмιℓє уσυ мαкє мє ѕмιℓє 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people need to see someone elses life messed up just as much, if mot more than their own..L
2006-10-22 03:34:51 · answer #5 · answered by ben and lisa h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is up to the individual...i'd much prefer going online than watching eastenders!
2006-10-22 03:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by cookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people are basically bored with their own lives. They like to watch other people have drama.
2006-10-22 03:34:43 · answer #7 · answered by sunny4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same reason ppl like to watch movies and read books its a story ( not a very good one) but it is a story
2006-10-22 03:32:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To live their lives vicariously through the so-called lives of the actors.
Toodles
2006-10-22 03:27:48 · answer #9 · answered by MarQus1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They kinda suck you in after a while and you cant stop watching I guess.
2006-10-22 03:28:31 · answer #10 · answered by Marina T 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋