Emily is unbelievable...is anyone THAT pure?
Actually, it makes sense that she is that pure. Often, when people have experienced major emotional traumas, abuse, dysfunction or addiction, they are often emotionally stunted and stuck at the age that the trauma/dysfunction happened. We have to watch out for this during counseling because we need to treat them at this level also.
Emily lost her BF around age 17(?) She still emotionally acts 17 around Brad. You an hear it in her voice. She needs some grief counseling for her emotions to be brought "up to age."
If you watched
Dancing With The Stars, a couple seasons back with Kelli Osbourne, while she was really in her mid-20's, she too behaved and had the emotions of a teen still. She has said in later interviews when talking about her addiction, that she was stuck emotionally at being a teen, and she grew up a lot on that show.
I disagree with this a little bit. She wasn't pushed into it.. she chose to do it. I didn't see anyone behind her saying, "jump, jump, jump.. you have to jump, we're not letting you come back this way." If she didn't feel comfortable with it, she could have said so. Brad is looking for a girl who is adventurous and takes risk. So I didn't really have an issue with this.
With regards to women showing emotions. Of course they can, I don't think Brad has a problem with that in general. But he certainly doesn't want a drama queen or someone who is going to cry, pout, and scream, every time something doesn't go their way.
People can be mentally, emotionally and socially pressured into things without someone standing directly behind them.
Most of communication is non-verbal. Actual words take up about 10% of actual communication. We don't know what happened behind the scenes, the pressure she got from the producers and probably a crew of 10 standing there, all set up, ready for various shots of her jumping. Or what pressure she may have felt from Brad that were edited out. He could have been giving her signals that she might not be picked if she didn't jump.
There is a big difference in being adventurous and taking risks versus risking one's life.
As for showing emotions, Brad is passive-aggressive. He shuts down women who don't give him what he wants, and shuts himself down and removes himself. Ashley, on some level already knows that, which is why she felt the need to alter herself to be what Brad what's.
And if Brad really does not want a drama queen or someone who is going to cry, pout, and scream, every time something doesn't go their way, then he wouldn't have kept Chantal all this time ans she has cried (at least!) in the last 3 episodes begging him to send her home, if he doesn't want her. I think he gets off on her begging and showing him how much she wants him. It feeds his narcissism.
I can understand why. He hasn't committed to her yet. We all know those proposals are just for the audience. There is plenty of time for him to get to know her daughter after he commits to her and isn't dating and making out with a half dozen other women. If he were a gentleman, he wouldn't have pushed it, or he would have asked if he could just meet her very casually out in a park for a few minutes.
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, we don't know whether she mentioned her daughter or not. It could just be that those comments weren't aired. 
