Love Is Blind: How The Show Represents Dating Stereotypes
At its core, Netflix's Love Is Blind tries to redefine the narrative of dating in the age of apps, trends, and social media goals, but despite the production plans, the human factor is still present. This means that the people that can be found on dating apps are the same people going through the unique process of dating in pods on Love Is Blind. Unfortunately, this also extends to the fact that there are some dating stereotypes that are represented on the hit Netflix reality TV show. Viewers are left wondering if there is any validity to the experiment.
Love Is Blind has showcased some potential for positive results in its experiment, with two still-married couples from its first season, but beyond anything else, it also highlights some of the worst traits and stereotypes that relate to current dating trends. As the contestants date and try to find their potential life partners in the pods, the priority for them seems to shift between establishing emotional compatibility and physical compatibility. The lines are easily blurred and the burden of that responsibility is not just on the contestants, as Love Is Blind actively plays a part in promoting the stereotypes expressed by the cast.
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In Love Is Blind season 1, the contestants were able to establish mostly monogamous connections, but there was still the problem of choice, as in the case of (Matt) Barnett and Jessica Batten, who dated each other and other contestants at the same time. Though they didn't end up together, Jessica's reaction to seeing Mark, whose proposal she actually accepted, was definitely a representation of how an emotional connection will not make up for the absence of a
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