I’d also argue that a water molecule (or any SP3 hybridized molecule with two groups and two pairs of electrons) is not bent because the electrons push the two groups away. But because of hybridization, the 4 electron orbitals spread themselves equidistantly and with two orbitals being filled, the shape is bent. In the case of water, the bend angle is slightly tighter (104.5 vs 109.5) because the free orbitals push on the hydrogen containing orbitals slightly.
@Parker While there are 4 electron groups, the presence of those two long pairs with greater repulsion than the electron orbitals of those hydrogens is more associated with a bent molecular geometry. And water’s bent molecular geometry is the usual consensus for testing purposes - which is our gold standard when it comes to what we rely on with gray-area topics. If you have references that show the opposite as the consensus for MCAT testing purposes, please let me know. For the time being, we’ll accept this suggestion