Why The Bachelor Should Stop Doing Forced Therapy On Group Dates
It's no secret that The Bachelor often puts its contestants in difficult positions and encourages them to open up about traumatic events sooner than they might otherwise would, but making them do forced therapy on group dates is especially cruel. It has happened twice now on the current season, and it's hard to watch each time.
During one-on-one dates, women are expected to reveal a traumatic story, which generally focuses on something like the death of a family member or the dissolution of a previous marriage. This part of episodes has always been uncomfortable to consume as viewers, since many of these contestants are telling these very intimate stories to the lead despite not knowing them very well. In a more natural setting, they wouldn't speak about these personal moments until much later in the relationship. Recently, however, the group dates have started to mirror this part of the one-on-one, where contestants are implored to discuss something they've struggled with.
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On Monday, five women went on the final group date with Clayton in which they met with a supposed Austrian psychotherapist for «couples therapy.» After watching Susie Evans return from a Pretty Woman date, the women were not pleased about being forced into a therapy-like setting. During the date, Genevieve Parisi was sent home because she wouldn't be open with Clayton during the couples therapy session. Sarah Hamrick, who was the only one who spoke positively of therapy — which is a good opinion to have — was painted as a villain and sent home later in the date.
This date follows one from earlier this season when the women sat in a circle and were encouraged to speak about
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