Do you think that people who watch the show for it's romantic theme, looking for a love story, are people who also would jump headlong into relationships after a short time? Is this some fantasy ideal?
Now I know there are people who decide on the first date that it is everafter and are still going strong, but I think that is the exception. There are far more people who marry too soon and end up divorced. We have talked about the issues involving sexual exploitation, behavioral expectations, humiliation ect, but what about the marriage aspect of this? Is there any influence or message that it is sending?
At least with Brad's show ending in him choosing no one, despite his villification, the precept was put there that it was possible (but not okay) to leave empty handed. Does the show say anyone is better than no one?
If the guy proposes to you - even in pretend - does that validate what the girl had to do to get to that point? And does the show encourage the idea that Marriage, engagement, commitment is no big deal, because you can always back out of it later? Sort of like put it all on your credit card and file bankruptcy?
I see so many really bad messages being sent, but what I wonder is are they really being recieved?
