There isn't another new one till march, but I think I can survive. I found the first season. I decided to begin with episode one this time. Now I understand where everything is coming from. Gossip girl sets the standards high for how a girl is supposed to act. They should be classy, smart, respectable, and yet it seems they give the idea the girls still must please the boys. Blair finds out Serena slept with her boyfriend, Nate and she is ANGRY! She calls Serena all kinds of names, but when she finds out Serena is coming back in town, she wants to have the upper hand with Nate and prove to him she will do anything to get it. This gives us viewers the impression it is acceptable to do that to get your way, but they challenge that idea just a few minutes later. They destroy Serena's reputation for being free with her love. They call her a slut and question her morality. No one ever says anything about all the escapades of Chuck though. It gives him a status no one can touch. It makes him like a king to the other boys. I think the first two episodes bring up the controversial issue that guys can be much freer with themselves than girls can. It is an unfair standard set between the sexes that is present in everything. Don't get me wrong though. I do not agree with the freedom neither one of them practice. I just believe the standards are biased. There is a double standard for girls, and Blair is caught right in between it. She wants to please Nate so he does not go back to Serena, but she still has to live up to her image of the squeaky clean good girl headed for Yale. This puts her in a very awkward spot, but one I think may girls find themselves in.