While watching the The Bachelor Season 15, Episode #3 a few things occurred to me. For one thing, this show is complete and utter manipulated and overproduced smelly garbage.
But.. it does have some progressive messages about love and dating.
For one thing this show promotes polyamory. It's not even an argument.
We even saw Brad's TV therapist come and tell him it was completely natural for him to have feelings for multiple women and even more natural to make out with all of them if he wanted to.
The show is also a great lesson on jealousy. These women have a total right to be stark raving mad jealous, since they're willingly dating the same guy. During a group date he even openly tells one of the girls that he wants to get to know her better, while the other girls squirm in their chairs.
The only complete contradiction to the bachelor experience is when Brad says he's never cheated on a women, meanwhile he makes out with 6 different girls in every episode.
Yet when these women come to Brad sobbing, big jealous tears dripping down their TV-ready face, Brad essentially tells them to go with the process of the show and continue being open and honest with him and not let jealousy get in the way of them getting to know each other better.
Imagine dating with less jealousy and more love and acceptance of the nature of relationships? Wouldn't that be wonderful? Brad is not a smart man, but he's promoting some advanced relationship ideas and I for one applaud him.
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