With family as the focus,The Real HousewivesCinematic Universe has introduced a plethora of infamous husbands and partners.

It’s not like we’re hiding the men in their lives.

Well, not really.

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The men don’t have their own glam squad.

AndLuis Ruelas.Melissa GorgaandJoe Gorga.

The list goes on.

Mauricio Umanski with Kyle Richards on ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.’ stand in a crowd

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While they’re not the stars of the series,they are the stars of the stories.

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If the “Friend of” and guests get some sort of compensational credit, why not the men?

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Sure, there are instances where the men don’t want to be a part of the action.

It’s affected her to the point where she’s just not interesting as a full-time Housewife.

Surely some dollar signs might alter Greg’s opinion of appearing.

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Looking back now, pretty darn shady.

But was it fair to Cynthia?

Theres other things with Bravo that we do where we are compensated and we are compensated quite well.

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But as for the show itself, we are not compensated.

Now, to the Stacey and TJ of it all.

Surely Stacey Rusch didn’t want to have her debut season have that dark cloud hanging over her.

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Stacey’s instance begs the question again of the purpose of the partners on the series.

Are they needed, and, if so, can Bravo cast women who are not tied down?

The title of the show is pretty strict in ideals, but does it have to be?

Can we expand past the idea of a Housewife and showcase incredible and strong independent women?

The show has already broken ground.

We have two brilliant queer women inJenna LyonsandRacquel ChevremontonThe Real Housewives of New York City.

And like the heterosexual couples, they too are experiencing the battle of to show the partner or not.

Jenna keeps her relationships mum.

Racquel proudly sharesMelissa Corpuswith the world.

We could easily go through the entire franchise and point out the inconsistencies of showing partners or ot.

But at this point, we’ve come to an impasse.

If the husbands, partners, lovers, or friends are on-screen, they deserve a contract.

They’re there for a story.Without them, the story isn’t told.

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