Heated Rivalry (Crave/HBO-Max)

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Anonymous wrote:You can look at Google Trends. The hype is already wearing off. It always does.

The lead actors will get lots of opportunities - will take a bit to see if they can translate their skills to other projects and to A list fame and fortune. I think Connor Storrie can. His acting was phenomenal.

Both actors played roles very different from their natural personalities so that might help them not get type cast as much. They did an excellent job in the show.

I agree, they did an excellent job. I cannot believe how different Connor sounded and even looked on the show compared to irl. I haven’t seen such a thorough transformation into character since the peak years of Christian Bale.

My adult daughter was telling me last night how jealous all the actors in Hollywood must be of the wall these two broke through. Their chemistry is off the charts beautiful and believable.

The timing was perfect as the world has been a very heavy place the last while and I think this simple, positive, lighthearted, love story with sports and sex gave many people something uplifting to talk about and to distract them from the news headlines.

+1. I need sunshine!
Also the boys are very easy on the eyes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is something wrong with all these middle aged women hanging over fences, needing to be pushed back by security while screaming the actors names, crying etc.

I can't imagine the public backlash if middle aged men were out in public, screaming, crying, and reaching and trying to grab at some 20 something year old women.

I think it is embarrassing for women of any age (beyond adolescence) but for middle aged women - get it together.

Sucks to be on the other side of a double standard, isn't it? Women have been dealing with that since the beginning of time so suck it up, buttercup.

Just shows that men and women are all the same. People talk as though women are somehow more evolved but then they act like this and you realize, they are the same as the lecherous men grabbing at young women's bodies. Don't think it is a good look on anyone.

Where do you see men engaging in this behavior in current times? I can't imagine that happening now a days without a lot of backlash. Hopefully soon that backlash will extend to women as well.

No women are grabbing anyone. WTF are you even talking about?

There was a video of a mob of women trying to get to them, being held back by security guards who had to link arms and push back against the crush and the women were trying to reach around the security and grab the guys. It was chaos.

I knew you were going to return with something like this. This is not the same as what you describe. That's celebrity life. Or are you new here?

[Anonymous]

Aww, the most beautiful Russian boy (from Texas):
https://www.tiktok.com/@nickyzedits/video/7589710974601415957

[Anonymous]

Canada's Prime Minister hanging out with Hudson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbrhg5NfeYA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aww, the most beautiful Russian boy (from Texas):

https://www.tiktok.com/@nickyzedits/video/7589710974601415957

Hey now. Some of us are trying to focus at work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Canada's Prime Minister hanging out with Hudson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbrhg5NfeYA

That fleece jacket (from the show) the Canadian PM put on at the end has become viral and is apparently now in mass production. I read that it’s more popular than the official 2026 Olympics merch. It’s pretty, I’d totally buy it if I were Canadian.

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Anonymous wrote:I am just chuckling at all the Vanilla crowd saying it's just smut. Um, maybe tune out from Bridgerton. Or are we only offended when the leads are gay?

FWIW, I think this and Bridgerton are exactly the same - a smutty romance targeted at a largely female audience with no deep meaning behind it despite trying to throw in a little for respectability (racial stuff for Bridgerton, homophobia issues for HR.)

Neither is much my thing but there is nothing wrong with them. But all the “it is so deep it might as well be the second coming of Shakespeare!” posts here and elsewhere crack me up. It’s not. You don’t need to justify with how intellectual and meaningful and this and that it is to allow yourself to enjoy it. It’s OK to like a trashy, romancy bit of fun and admit this is what that is.

To me, the books read like that, but not the show. It feels deeper and makes audiences emotionally invested because of the incredible acting and all the little details that were changed and added in the TV adaptation.

One of the characters struggles with a language barrier and the other is on the spectrum, so verbal communication is not their forte, but the viewer is able to discern their feelings of love, longing, worry, frustration, hope, hurt etc. because of how well the actors portray them with their micro expressions, body language, and choice of specific words and inflection in he dialogue. I forget that I am watching TV; it feels like I am intruding on someone’s private relationship.

Add to that the really hot sex scenes and fresh beautiful faces (and bodies, lol), and you get a global streaming phenomenon.

He is not on the spectrum! That is something the fans made up and then the actor rolled with it.

You sure about that?

“The core message was simple: I loved that show creator Jacob Tierney and actor Hudson Williams recognized Shane as autistic. For me, this wasn’t a revelation. Rachel herself had reaffirmed it on Reddit in November.

Hudson Williams captures all of it with remarkable precision. In later interviews, he spoke about drawing on personal experience, including his autistic father. Autism is a spectrum, of course – but Shane feels real: written with the quiet confidence of Rachel Reid, whose experience of having an autistic child shaped the character.”

https://fanthropologist.substack.com/p/autistic-representation-in-heated

I would say to me Shane seems like someone with Aspergers, in particular the fact that he cannot read between the lines (eg in the tuna melt episode), his hockey fixation and his brilliance.

[Anonymous]

An excerpt from an interview with HBO Chief Casey Bloys about Heated Rivalry, published today:

"DEADLINE: Is this the best return on investment ever in the history of HBO?

BLOYS (laughs): It’s gotta be pretty close. It was a great move, and we’re thrilled to have it on HBO Max. And look forward to Seasons 2 and 3.

DEADLINE: So you have no desire to come in as a co-producer?

BLOYS. No, there is no reason. This is obviously a very successful creative collaboration between Jacob and Crave. I see no reason why we would be involved creatively. And as I said, I’m thrilled to have it on our platform, and I’m very happy to be the licensee in a lot of big markets around the world. So I’m very happy, and I’m excited to see whatever they come up with for Seasons 2 and 3.

DEADLINE: So the show will not be HBO-ized?

BLOYS: No, no, no."

HBO struck gold with HR.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can look at Google Trends. The hype is already wearing off. It always does.

The lead actors will get lots of opportunities - will take a bit to see if they can translate their skills to other projects and to A list fame and fortune. I think Connor Storrie can. His acting was phenomenal.

Both actors played roles very different from their natural personalities so that might help them not get type cast as much. They did an excellent job in the show.

I agree, they did an excellent job. I cannot believe how different Connor sounded and even looked on the show compared to irl. I haven’t seen such a thorough transformation into character since the peak years of Christian Bale.

My adult daughter was telling me last night how jealous all the actors in Hollywood must be of the wall these two broke through. Their chemistry is off the charts beautiful and believable.

The timing was perfect as the world has been a very heavy place the last while and I think this simple, positive, lighthearted, love story with sports and sex gave many people something uplifting to talk about and to distract them from the news headlines. It is a sign of progress as a global society as a whole that a queer romance was allowed to be that thing. The success of the show was a combination of the acting, the directing, the lighting, the cinematography / LED screen use etc. There was just not a weak link.

Having two fresh faced leads who are somewhat exhibitionists in real life really helped as often it is hard for actors to go all in mentally and physically in sex scenes as they are thinking about themselves and the comfort of their sex scene partner - but these two seem to have few boundaries in real life between themselves and have a very high degree of comfort with their bodies and nudity! I think that freedom will be gone in future shows now that they are known entities with agents and professional reputations, and the rabid fan base, and everything else that comes with fame.

Canada knows the USA had a rough year..so we sent you Heated Rivalry to start your 2026 better. Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I am just chuckling at all the Vanilla crowd saying it's just smut. Um, maybe tune out from Bridgerton. Or are we only offended when the leads are gay?

FWIW, I think this and Bridgerton are exactly the same - a smutty romance targeted at a largely female audience with no deep meaning behind it despite trying to throw in a little for respectability (racial stuff for Bridgerton, homophobia issues for HR.)

Neither is much my thing but there is nothing wrong with them. But all the “it is so deep it might as well be the second coming of Shakespeare!” posts here and elsewhere crack me up. It’s not. You don’t need to justify with how intellectual and meaningful and this and that it is to allow yourself to enjoy it. It’s OK to like a trashy, romancy bit of fun and admit this is what that is.

To me, the books read like that, but not the show. It feels deeper and makes audiences emotionally invested because of the incredible acting and all the little details that were changed and added in the TV adaptation.

One of the characters struggles with a language barrier and the other is on the spectrum, so verbal communication is not their forte, but the viewer is able to discern their feelings of love, longing, worry, frustration, hope, hurt etc. because of how well the actors portray them with their micro expressions, body language, and choice of specific words and inflection in he dialogue. I forget that I am watching TV; it feels like I am intruding on someone’s private relationship.

Add to that the really hot sex scenes and fresh beautiful faces (and bodies, lol), and you get a global streaming phenomenon.

He is not on the spectrum! That is something the fans made up and then the actor rolled with it. The author siad that no, she didn't write him as autistic but she was fine with people understanding her characters in whatever way made sense to them.

They are good actors but people are insane in how deeply invested they have become in this show and the people involved. That level of investment is so unhealthy. I feel for the actors. Instead of being able to appreciate a successful work of art, they are needing to deal with insanity, their families nad partners getting death threats, and people over relating to them and not even realizing that the show is FICTION, it is FICTION. This isn't a love story between Connor and Hudson. I kind of despair for humanity when I read posts about this show. It is too bad people can't just appreciate it and enjoy it for what it is. Should just be a nice fun well acted fictional positive distraction from the mess of the world - but instead like everything people have to take it too far and turn it into something it isn't.

I wonder if the actors will even want to do a season 2. Realizing how insane people are and the many to distinguish between real life and fiction and seeing how doing this has harmed the people they care about in real life - it would be brave to go through with another season. Probably contractually obligated but it is a scary world - fanbase of this show included.

+1000

He is very much in tune with his parents' emotions (when they're discussing Wimbledon or something at the restaurant), he makes direct eye contact with just about everyone, etc. He is not autistic. He's a bit OCD and has anxiety, but those aren't the same things.

It is unfortunate that any nervousness, social awkwardness, not being a strong verbal communicator is being interpreted as autism. Being awkward and anxious are normal human states! A lot of people manage anxiety with routines. People saying he has autism definitely haven't read the DSM or looked at actual diagnostic criteria. He appears to have no difficulty functioning on a team (appointed captain), independently, in social settings, in relationships etc. What support does he need to manage life?

So many of the comments in this thread that mention autism are based on outdated stereotypes and just wrong.

Not everyone with autism is overtly socially awkward.

Many people with autism can make eye contact, function in teams, have friends, lovers and deep social relationships, and also be coordinated enough to play sports like hockey. Some of that may come at a cost (e.g. prolonged eye contact may be uncomfortable for some - not all! - autistic individuals). It's a very wide spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Heated Rivalry is some of the best acting I have seen in forever. Episodes 5 and 6 are brilliant. I'm in love with this series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am just chuckling at all the Vanilla crowd saying it's just smut. Um, maybe tune out from Bridgerton. Or are we only offended when the leads are gay?

FWIW, I think this and Bridgerton are exactly the same - a smutty romance targeted at a largely female audience with no deep meaning behind it despite trying to throw in a little for respectability (racial stuff for Bridgerton, homophobia issues for HR.)

Neither is much my thing but there is nothing wrong with them. But all the “it is so deep it might as well be the second coming of Shakespeare!” posts here and elsewhere crack me up. It’s not. You don’t need to justify with how intellectual and meaningful and this and that it is to allow yourself to enjoy it. It’s OK to like a trashy, romancy bit of fun and admit this is what that is.

To me, the books read like that, but not the show. It feels deeper and makes audiences emotionally invested because of the incredible acting and all the little details that were changed and added in the TV adaptation.

One of the characters struggles with a language barrier and the other is on the spectrum, so verbal communication is not their forte, but the viewer is able to discern their feelings of love, longing, worry, frustration, hope, hurt etc. because of how well the actors portray them with their micro expressions, body language, and choice of specific words and inflection in he dialogue. I forget that I am watching TV; it feels like I am intruding on someone’s private relationship.

Add to that the really hot sex scenes and fresh beautiful faces (and bodies, lol), and you get a global streaming phenomenon.

He is not on the spectrum! That is something the fans made up and then the actor rolled with it. The author siad that no, she didn't write him as autistic but she was fine with people understanding her characters in whatever way made sense to them.

They are good actors but people are insane in how deeply invested they have become in this show and the people involved. That level of investment is so unhealthy. I feel for the actors. Instead of being able to appreciate a successful work of art, they are needing to deal with insanity, their families nad partners getting death threats, and people over relating to them and not even realizing that the show is FICTION, it is FICTION. This isn't a love story between Connor and Hudson. I kind of despair for humanity when I read posts about this show. It is too bad people can't just appreciate it and enjoy it for what it is. Should just be a nice fun well acted fictional positive distraction from the mess of the world - but instead like everything people have to take it too far and turn it into something it isn't.

I wonder if the actors will even want to do a season 2. Realizing how insane people are and the many to distinguish between real life and fiction and seeing how doing this has harmed the people they care about in real life - it would be brave to go through with another season. Probably contractually obligated but it is a scary world - fanbase of this show included.

+1000

He is very much in tune with his parents' emotions (when they're discussing Wimbledon or something at the restaurant), he makes direct eye contact with just about everyone, etc. He is not autistic. He's a bit OCD and has anxiety, but those aren't the same things.

It is unfortunate that any nervousness, social awkwardness, not being a strong verbal communicator is being interpreted as autism. Being awkward and anxious are normal human states! A lot of people manage anxiety with routines. People saying he has autism definitely haven't read the DSM or looked at actual diagnostic criteria. He appears to have no difficulty functioning on a team (appointed captain), independently, in social settings, in relationships etc. What support does he need to manage life?

So many of the comments in this thread that mention autism are based on outdated stereotypes and just wrong.

Not everyone with autism is overtly socially awkward.

Many people with autism can make eye contact, function in teams, have friends, lovers and deep social relationships, and also be coordinated enough to play sports like hockey. Some of that may come at a cost (e.g. prolonged eye contact may be uncomfortable for some - not all! - autistic individuals). It's a very wide spectrum.

He has TiKTok autism, where anyone and everyone can have autism if they want it. But in reality it requires a clinical assessment and meeting diagnostic criteria. Even the highest level of functioning Level 1 - requires clinically significant impairments in functioning that require support.

Shane appears to have zero functional deficits. He can play a fast paced sport where teamwork and nonverbal communication are vital, where plays change second by second, where often you mess up or others mess up and you have to immediately reset while being yelled at, where there is a ton of noise and people jumping on you or pushing you into the boards, where you have moments of major frustration but have to just move past it. Where nothing is predictable and you have to be prepared for whatever the other 11 people on the ice might do.

He also has no difficulty meeting and immediately starting to date an A list movie star, no issues with paparazzi, press conferences, making and maintaining long term friendships.

He can travel and stay in all different hotels all over the country, deal with a gruelling hockey schedule, different beds, different time zones, etc.

He can communicate and express himself and show emotion and tease and joke and respond flexibly to the situation without issue, adapting quickly. He has no problems with frustration tolerance or transitions.

For all the people who insist he is the poster boy for autism…if that is the case we really need to stop providing accommodations and move money and research to other conditions that do have functional impairments.

If autism really just means that occasionally you feel a little anxious or overwhelmed for a moment and but manage it fine and you have no functional issues at all…then yeah, I am definitely no longer going to support accommodations for it. Thats just scamming the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am just chuckling at all the Vanilla crowd saying it's just smut. Um, maybe tune out from Bridgerton. Or are we only offended when the leads are gay?

FWIW, I think this and Bridgerton are exactly the same - a smutty romance targeted at a largely female audience with no deep meaning behind it despite trying to throw in a little for respectability (racial stuff for Bridgerton, homophobia issues for HR.)

Neither is much my thing but there is nothing wrong with them. But all the “it is so deep it might as well be the second coming of Shakespeare!” posts here and elsewhere crack me up. It’s not. You don’t need to justify with how intellectual and meaningful and this and that it is to allow yourself to enjoy it. It’s OK to like a trashy, romancy bit of fun and admit this is what that is.

To me, the books read like that, but not the show. It feels deeper and makes audiences emotionally invested because of the incredible acting and all the little details that were changed and added in the TV adaptation.

One of the characters struggles with a language barrier and the other is on the spectrum, so verbal communication is not their forte, but the viewer is able to discern their feelings of love, longing, worry, frustration, hope, hurt etc. because of how well the actors portray them with their micro expressions, body language, and choice of specific words and inflection in he dialogue. I forget that I am watching TV; it feels like I am intruding on someone’s private relationship.

Add to that the really hot sex scenes and fresh beautiful faces (and bodies, lol), and you get a global streaming phenomenon.

He is not on the spectrum! That is something the fans made up and then the actor rolled with it. The author siad that no, she didn't write him as autistic but she was fine with people understanding her characters in whatever way made sense to them.

They are good actors but people are insane in how deeply invested they have become in this show and the people involved. That level of investment is so unhealthy. I feel for the actors. Instead of being able to appreciate a successful work of art, they are needing to deal with insanity, their families nad partners getting death threats, and people over relating to them and not even realizing that the show is FICTION, it is FICTION. This isn't a love story between Connor and Hudson. I kind of despair for humanity when I read posts about this show. It is too bad people can't just appreciate it and enjoy it for what it is. Should just be a nice fun well acted fictional positive distraction from the mess of the world - but instead like everything people have to take it too far and turn it into something it isn't.

I wonder if the actors will even want to do a season 2. Realizing how insane people are and the many to distinguish between real life and fiction and seeing how doing this has harmed the people they care about in real life - it would be brave to go through with another season. Probably contractually obligated but it is a scary world - fanbase of this show included.

+1000

He is very much in tune with his parents' emotions (when they're discussing Wimbledon or something at the restaurant), he makes direct eye contact with just about everyone, etc. He is not autistic. He's a bit OCD and has anxiety, but those aren't the same things.

It is unfortunate that any nervousness, social awkwardness, not being a strong verbal communicator is being interpreted as autism. Being awkward and anxious are normal human states! A lot of people manage anxiety with routines. People saying he has autism definitely haven't read the DSM or looked at actual diagnostic criteria. He appears to have no difficulty functioning on a team (appointed captain), independently, in social settings, in relationships etc. What support does he need to manage life?

So many of the comments in this thread that mention autism are based on outdated stereotypes and just wrong.

Not everyone with autism is overtly socially awkward.

Many people with autism can make eye contact, function in teams, have friends, lovers and deep social relationships, and also be coordinated enough to play sports like hockey. Some of that may come at a cost (e.g. prolonged eye contact may be uncomfortable for some - not all! - autistic individuals). It's a very wide spectrum.

+1. Everyone is autistic to some degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am just chuckling at all the Vanilla crowd saying it's just smut. Um, maybe tune out from Bridgerton. Or are we only offended when the leads are gay?

FWIW, I think this and Bridgerton are exactly the same - a smutty romance targeted at a largely female audience with no deep meaning behind it despite trying to throw in a little for respectability (racial stuff for Bridgerton, homophobia issues for HR.)

Neither is much my thing but there is nothing wrong with them. But all the “it is so deep it might as well be the second coming of Shakespeare!” posts here and elsewhere crack me up. It’s not. You don’t need to justify with how intellectual and meaningful and this and that it is to allow yourself to enjoy it. It’s OK to like a trashy, romancy bit of fun and admit this is what that is.

To me, the books read like that, but not the show. It feels deeper and makes audiences emotionally invested because of the incredible acting and all the little details that were changed and added in the TV adaptation.

One of the characters struggles with a language barrier and the other is on the spectrum, so verbal communication is not their forte, but the viewer is able to discern their feelings of love, longing, worry, frustration, hope, hurt etc. because of how well the actors portray them with their micro expressions, body language, and choice of specific words and inflection in he dialogue. I forget that I am watching TV; it feels like I am intruding on someone’s private relationship.

Add to that the really hot sex scenes and fresh beautiful faces (and bodies, lol), and you get a global streaming phenomenon.

He is not on the spectrum! That is something the fans made up and then the actor rolled with it. The author siad that no, she didn't write him as autistic but she was fine with people understanding her characters in whatever way made sense to them.

They are good actors but people are insane in how deeply invested they have become in this show and the people involved. That level of investment is so unhealthy. I feel for the actors. Instead of being able to appreciate a successful work of art, they are needing to deal with insanity, their families nad partners getting death threats, and people over relating to them and not even realizing that the show is FICTION, it is FICTION. This isn't a love story between Connor and Hudson. I kind of despair for humanity when I read posts about this show. It is too bad people can't just appreciate it and enjoy it for what it is. Should just be a nice fun well acted fictional positive distraction from the mess of the world - but instead like everything people have to take it too far and turn it into something it isn't.

I wonder if the actors will even want to do a season 2. Realizing how insane people are and the many to distinguish between real life and fiction and seeing how doing this has harmed the people they care about in real life - it would be brave to go through with another season. Probably contractually obligated but it is a scary world - fanbase of this show included.

+1000

He is very much in tune with his parents' emotions (when they're discussing Wimbledon or something at the restaurant), he makes direct eye contact with just about everyone, etc. He is not autistic. He's a bit OCD and has anxiety, but those aren't the same things.

It is unfortunate that any nervousness, social awkwardness, not being a strong verbal communicator is being interpreted as autism. Being awkward and anxious are normal human states! A lot of people manage anxiety with routines. People saying he has autism definitely haven't read the DSM or looked at actual diagnostic criteria. He appears to have no difficulty functioning on a team (appointed captain), independently, in social settings, in relationships etc. What support does he need to manage life?

So many of the comments in this thread that mention autism are based on outdated stereotypes and just wrong.

Not everyone with autism is overtly socially awkward.

Many people with autism can make eye contact, function in teams, have friends, lovers and deep social relationships, and also be coordinated enough to play sports like hockey. Some of that may come at a cost (e.g. prolonged eye contact may be uncomfortable for some - not all! - autistic individuals). It's a very wide spectrum.

He has TiKTok autism, where anyone and everyone can have autism if they want it. But in reality it requires a clinical assessment and meeting diagnostic criteria. Even the highest level of functioning Level 1 - requires clinically significant impairments in functioning that require support.

Shane appears to have zero functional deficits. He can play a fast paced sport where teamwork and nonverbal communication are vital, where plays change second by second, where often you mess up or others mess up and you have to immediately reset while being yelled at, where there is a ton of noise and people jumping on you or pushing you into the boards, where you have moments of major frustration but have to just move past it. Where nothing is predictable and you have to be prepared for whatever the other 11 people on the ice might do.

He also has no difficulty meeting and immediately starting to date an A list movie star, no issues with paparazzi, press conferences, making and maintaining long term friendships.

He can travel and stay in all different hotels all over the country, deal with a gruelling hockey schedule, different beds, different time zones, etc.

He can communicate and express himself and show emotion and tease and joke and respond flexibly to the situation without issue, adapting quickly. He has no problems with frustration tolerance or transitions.

For all the people who insist he is the poster boy for autism…if that is the case we really need to stop providing accommodations and move money and research to other conditions that do have functional impairments.

If autism really just means that occasionally you feel a little anxious or overwhelmed for a moment and but manage it fine and you have no functional issues at all…then yeah, I am definitely no longer going to support accommodations for it. Thats just scamming the system.

How exactly are you supporting accommodations for it right now? What are you doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is something wrong with all these middle aged women hanging over fences, needing to be pushed back by security while screaming the actors names, crying etc.

I can't imagine the public backlash if middle aged men were out in public, screaming, crying, and reaching and trying to grab at some 20 something year old women.

I think it is embarrassing for women of any age (beyond adolescence) but for middle aged women - get it together.

What’s wrong is that these women aren’t getting what they need at home. Women need to speak up and tell their partners what they need! If they can’t talk about it, have their partner watch the show and learn what they want.

I mean that is like men showing their wives porn to let them know what they want and need at home. Men aren't women and women aren't men. Harlequin romances are made for women with all the characters acting in ways women want and porn is made for men with all the characters acting in ways that men want - neither are realistic or real life. Wanting your husband to be like a Harlequin romance novel character is like wanting your wife to be like a porn star.

This has to be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever read. What are the HR guys doing that is so unachievable for a husband?