If you’re reading this, it means the Creightonian editorial staff finally let me write a column about the hit ABC reality television show “The Bachelor.” 

I’ll be the first one to admit that I don’t condone the message of the competition, and I wasn’t an avid fan until a few years ago when I begrudgingly let a friend introduce me. Then I was hooked onto the series. 

While I recognize that the show reaffirms archaic gender roles, I maintain that the reason I keep coming back to “The Bachelor” is for the entertainment quality, not the depiction of a so-called “fairytale romance.”

The show consistently proves itself entertaining. This season’s bachelor, Nick Viall, has been on three previous seasons of the show already. 

Viall, a 36-year-old software developer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. has been able to put his life on hold for six weeks — several times — in search of his soul mate. 

The storyline was almost too easy — will Nick finally get his happily ever after? Will his heart be able to handle another rejection? 

This season, host and puppet master Chris Harrison also gifted bachelor nation with one of the franchise’s most villainous antagonists: Corinne. 

After charming her way into Nick’s heart with her promiscuous attitude, Corinne was pitted against another contestant, Taylor, in an ongoing catfight about her level of “emotional intelligence.”

One of the aspects about “The Bachelor” that bothers me most is that in light of our current political climate, shouldn’t we be encouraging women to stand together?  

It makes me sad to see women pitted against each other during times like these, especially fighting for a man like Viall who has the personality of a less charismatic Ross Geller.  

Then there’s the issue of the season finale. Viall clearly seemed happier with the 25-year-old Southern sweetheart Raven Gates, yet he proposed to the emotionally hesitant Canadian native Vanessa Grimaldi.  This is Viall’s fourth time on the show — maybe he likes a challenge?  

Regardless, what are the ambitions of these two women? 

Gates is a small-business owner while Grimaldi is a special education teacher. Why do they need “The Bachelor” when they are already successful, classy and intelligent women?

Maybe it goes back to society’s idolization of the fairy tale dream — or something deeper, such as insecurities about one’s own worth. 

While I do not want to judge any of the contestants — because that is the kind of attitude that divides women — it is puzzling and a bit unsettling to see such well-rounded women compete for a man who has been dating several of them for six weeks.

Whether you despise or adore “The Bachelor,” there are some undeniably true life lessons one can take away from the show: you’re too good for him anyways, stilettos aren’t fun to wear on a farm and self-confidence is more beautiful than any amount of camera makeup.