Survivor Men Vs. Women

Survivor just started their 23rd season on Wednesday with a twist that not only included the men being pitted against the women but it included the fact that they would all be living in one place thus the name One World. The first episode can be looked at from a Marxist approach in what is normal in interactions on survivor versus what is normal in interactions outside of survivor. Using the Preferred perspective in the marxist approach the women needed the men's help to get fire and in order to do this the women wove palms together to create the roof of the men's shelter. The women also seemed to be a lot weaker than the men and they were the first to experience an injury during the challenge. The men played a little dirty which in real life isn't something that would happen which could be an example of the inflected oppositional perspective. This was oppositional because in real life men would not have stolen from the women or ended a challenge early just because they had the chance to but it is inflected because in the game of survivor these things are normal. I find the relationship and how alliances are formed to be one of the most interesting parts of survivor. The men and women both decided to create alliances based on the strength of members which happens to be really important due to the fact that if the tribes can't win the challenges they have no chance to ultimately win the game.

This is a link to the overview of the men vs. women idea:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/video/2198307059/survivor-men-vs-women

The inflected oppositional perspective in action:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/video/2196898241/survivor-one-world-no-second-chances

The rest of the season could be interesting because the last time survivor did a men vs women season the women ended up being mostly all lesbians and creating a really strong bond that the men couldn't break. In this season that does not seem to be the case but the interrelations between the tribes who are living in the same place could get interesting in terms of future alliances.