‘The Bachelorette’ boys played a NSFW game of dodgeball and viewers weren't loving the objectification

“Clare you’ve gotta be looking for a guy that’s got ball control,” host Chris Harrison deadpanned Tuesday night on the latest episode of The Bachelorette. He makes a compelling point. The second episode of the new season saw ten of the men vying for Clare’s attention—er, we mean heart—split into red and blue teams for a game of dodgeball. That's when our leading lady with the dodgeballs of steel upped the ante by transforming it into "strip dodgeball." While some viewers were loving the eye candy, others didn't love the objectification as the boys stripped down to their jockstraps.With the red team working themselves up with a chant of “Clare! Clare! Clare!” and the blue team dubbing themselves the, er, “Blue Balls” (nicely done, fellas), the game quickly became a nightmare for ABC’s censors. Nekkid men were everywhere! There were black censor boxes over nearly every guy’s crotch and rear. Even with all the censored content, it was clear we were looking at some fine male specimens. We were introduced to: Mr. Broad Shoulders, Mr. Six Pack Abs, Mr. Eight Pack Abs, Mr. Rippling Biceps, etc. But not everyone was loving the feast for the eyes. Yosef on the show wasn't impressed with Clare's glee at the near-naked men and neither were some viewers.

we just gonna pretend like clare didn’t just sexually harass these guys??? if a bachelor did this he would be CANCELED #bachelorette

— Yasmin star (@yasminnstar) October 21, 2020

Objectification isn’t cute regardless of who’s doing it . #Bachelorette

— chaotic wholesome ♡ (@daninotdaddy) October 21, 2020

Wow talk about sexual exploitation??? #TheBachelorette #bachelorette pic.twitter.com/PJf4LQBVtp

— Ambrocio Mireles Jr (@amirelesjr) October 21, 2020

And the theme of group date #2 is ✨sexual harassment✨ #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/kSwBXkpjan

— the bachelor & bitchelor ? (@acceptedrose) October 21, 2020

Others pointed out that objectification on this show goes both (all?) ways and defended Clare's involvement, specifically calling out the lingerie pillow fight on Pilot Pete's season of The Bachelor this year.

Any1 who is bitching about Clare & this date & choosing to “make” them strip, I hope were also just as loud when Peter “made” the women lingerie pillow fight each other. This date is ridiculous, they absolutely have a double standard, but it’s NOT on the lead.

Blame the show.— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) October 21, 2020

It was only fair to make these guys play strip dodgeball after making the girls last season have a lingerie pillow fight #TheBachelorette

— Ria (@BarstoolRia) October 21, 2020

Scantily clad singles and the objectification of them has been a staple of Bachelor Nation since its inception and it looks like viewers are more than ready to have a discussion about that changing in 2020. The real question is if producers will listen.The episode was also full of other instances of “balls” (yes, this reference was made several times) when Canadian boy Blake (from Hamilton, ON), who was on the losing blue team (and therefore sent back while the winning red team got to spend the evening with Clare), decided to still get all dressed up and sneak back in to steal Clare away again.ICYMI: in the premiere episode last week, it was revealed our little Canuck secretly sent Clare a message before filming began to offer support while she was going through a particularly lonely time in quarantine. She expressed how much she loved that and the two shared a kiss. Now, Blake has been feeling like that initial spark dulled a bit so he decided to rule-break again! No, the boys on the red team were not happy about it. Yes, he probably will have ongoing problems with the remaining men. But Clare was HERE FOR IT. She even gave him another rose during the cocktail hour to let him know she appreciates effort and courage. Who would have thunk us proverbial polite and rule-abiding Canadians could be so ruthless! (We did, that’s who). [video_embed id='2055250']RELATED: Clare Crawley is moving quickly on the road to finding love [/video_embed]The show of “balls” didn’t stop with games or Canucks though, because we’ve always known Clare is loaded with chutzpah, and she showed it once again when she had some one-on-one time with Brandon during the cocktail party, and things got mega-AWKS very quickly. The man couldn’t say one nice thing about her except how beautiful she is! Like, yeah, she’s gorgeous but, she’s also smart, strong, funny, compassionate, thoughtful, witty... See? We just said a whole bunch and we haven’t even met her.

At a job interview, but didn’t research the company #bachelorette #brandon pic.twitter.com/9uMnte8mwe

— elizabeth raiff (@Elizabeth837) October 21, 2020

Rightfully so, Clare was like, “bruh what else you got?” (we’re paraphrasing here) and when Brandon admitted that he came on the show not really knowing anything about her or invested in finding out more about her, Clare decided to send him packing right then and there! See! We love this! Men, your regular tricks won’t work on our gal Clare! Either go big or go home (literally). Because this is The Bachelorette, we were left hanging until the final minute with all the drama stewing and brewing in the house. We are pretty certain from that episode 3 teaser that Yosef is going to pop off next week. We’re also pretty sure he’s the one who yells that Clare is the “oldest Bachelorette” like a scuzz but we obviously won’t know for sure. Dang you Bachelorette. The cliffhangers are too much![video_embed id='-1']BEFORE YOU GO: Gopher pops out of hole to give doggy a kiss [/video_embed]