WWE News: Will Maryse's Stalker Situation Alter Way WWE Portrays Women on TV?

WWE diva Maryse gets picked on a lot for being one of the worst workers in the company, which is saying something considering the low standards in the women's division right now. But there is nothing that she has done to deserve the personal problems she is suffering from right now.

According to TMZ.com, Maryse has had to file a restraining order against a stalker who is threatening her safety. The man, Lee Silber, is a 61-year-old who is sending her letters telling her that he wants to "give her a check for $100,000 and a 100 carat diamond ring worth $20 million to prove that he is her friend."

He has also sent her a letter saying that he wants to "take her to Heaven" with him.

WWE has taken action to protect its worker by providing her with additional security and officials are on the lookout in case he tries to show up at any live events.

You can't blame anyone in a situation like this; sometimes people are just insane. But perhaps this kind of incident will make WWE (and TNA for that matter) realize that something has to be done about the way that these women are portrayed on television.

Being a woman in WWE, or any professional wrestling organization for that matter, can't be easy. Almost all of them are hired because of the way that they look, and the company does everything that it can to exploit those looks to attract the young male ratings demographic that they covet so much.

If you have watched wrestling programming at any point in the last 20 years, you will hear these women talk about each other in the most vile and disgusting manner possible. For example, serious issues like bulimia and anorexia are used as insults by heels. Terms like bitches, hoes, skank and slut have been frequently used.

Kelly Kelly, the WWE Divas champion, is locked in a feud with the Bella Twins that revolves around the twins' belief that Kelly is anorexic.

Mickie James, who worked for WWE from 2006-2010, was constantly referred to as "Piggy James" during an angle with Michelle McCool in 2009.

Vickie Guerrero, the widow of Eddie Guerrero, constantly gets berated on commentary because she wasn't the model-like figure that all the other women were. She has even done a lot of work and lost a lot of weight, but those comments are still made.

These women are made to look like nothing more than sex objects, and because of that people will get it into their mind that that's all these women are.

WWE doesn't care about what it says or how it makes these women look so long as the story that they want is told and developed. Vince McMahon is a dirty old man who likes the way that these women look and wants them in the most provocative position that they can possibly be in.

The company has done a lot in recent years to try and clean up its image, but the one constant is divas being made to look like characters in a late-night movie on Cinemax as opposed to actual workers who are treated the same way that the men are.

Make these women look strong, powerful and independent instead of exploiting their looks and insulting them at every turn.

WWE has nothing to do with Maryse's stalker, but the way that the company portrays these women does not help things in any way, shape or form. If the company really wants to protect its workers, as well as the young girls that watch their shows, the way that they are booked has to change immediately.