Most of the action takes place in the lounge room, the kitchen or the dining room, and there is often an outdoor area. The girls all sleep in a room together, the boys the same, providing a good location for вЂgirls-вЂ or вЂboys-onlyвЂ™ conversations. They can choose at any time to leave, and in the days after their departure a person of the same gender replaces them. The show is structured as such: six people live in a house but they go about their normal lives вЂ“ they have their phones, they go to work, they see their family and friends, but they all live together. One of the reasons I love Terrace House is because the вЂrealityвЂ™ takes so long to take place, probably because they need to fit вЂthe actionвЂ™ into their normal working lives. Now, this doesnвЂ™t always work, but I think despite the variations in вЂrealityвЂ™ it is always revealing in some way. In the case of men on reality tv, very often you donвЂ™t see their real emotions or personalities вЂ“ instead you see what they and others in their societies think masculinity should look like вЂ“ in other words, they attempt to replicate hegemonic, or typical, masculinity. I like the reality genre, and am always interested in how it changes from country to country, and although I know that reality shows are an edited version of real life, created not only by producers but by the subjects themselves, itвЂ™s still a fascinating insight into how people in each country think other people should behave. While IвЂ™ve been working hard on this topic, I have realised that IвЂ™ve started taking what IвЂ™m learning to the rest of my life (which admittedly is not extensive at the moment because of all the work, but is still there in some form).ДЄt the moment, one of my favourite things to do to relax is watch the Japanese reality show вЂTerrace HouseвЂ™, which is in its third season on Netflix. IвЂ™ve been doing a lot of reading lately about masculinities вЂ“ particularly Australian, as I am examining Australian soldier trauma, but a lot of the texts IвЂ™ve been reading relate to masculinities in general.

Shion terrace house