When it comes to reality TV, just putting bigger bodies on our screens isn't enough..
Season Three premiering on Wednesday 19th October, it’s time to meet the new cohort of hopefuls looking for love - and one thing fans can’t help but notice is the show seems to be bringing a whole lot more body diversity onto our screens.is simple. Viewers follows a bunch of questionable singletons as they blind date their fellow contestants, proposing to each other before the big reveal happens – and the question is raised whether love actually is blind.
It can’t be denied that it’s empowering to welcome real bodies onto our TV screens – after all, a 2020 study suggested that the average woman living in the UK wears a size 16. However, the dynamics that unfold between some of these women and their chosen partners is anything but empowering. The show hasn’t made it to season three totally unscathed. Over previous years, audiences have criticised the series for not being diverse enough, and we’ve witnessed many a contestant hold it over their partner’s head that they’re not their ‘usual type.’Season Two aired at the start of the year, viewers were happy to see the show had embraced some body diversity with its chosen singles.
She said, “Their whole life they’ve been so insecure about being themselves because of this crazy swipe generation and catfishing world that we’re in that I wonder if they truly don’t have enough time in those two weeks to find themselves, and then be themselves to find that spouse.” Yikes. Let’s be honest. Saying the problem is with the individual rather than the reaction of the system is never a good look – especially not from the show’s host. Vanessa’s comment regurgitates a tired stereotype that certain people just– in fact, it spans across all of reality TV.openly admitted he “usually goes for someone more petite” than wife Kasia.
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