By Deanna Atkins

On Lifetime’s ‘The Week the Women Went,’ the men and women of a small South Carolina town, Yemassee, abruptly find out what it’s like to live in a world without the opposite sex. Sounds scary, right? The social experiment turned reality show explores modern gender roles in this new unscripted series. Everyone wants to know how the males will handle their own families along with running businesses and just regular day-to-day life. It would seem that the men are really in for it, but surprisingly, the women aren’t exactly having the time of their lives during their getaway. Many of the females are homesick and sincerely worried about their families – so much that one mother, Misty, drops out after only two days of being away. …Interested in this story? Click here to read more.