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To be very surprised Married at First Sight is still on TV?

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Sishirunak40 · 13/07/2026 09:57

I used to enjoy it, especially the UK and Aus versions. However there have now been multiple allegations made against previous contestants regarding sexual assault of women, and a lot of the behaviour presented on the show is clearly abusive.

Not only this, there are contestants on there who appear to be neurodiverse and struggling to cope. Some people don't understand their conditions or are aware of them so will accuse them of 'putting on a performance.'
I've stopped watching the show now, I like many was very saddened by the death of Mel Schilling this year, but I don't agree with some of the experts' attitudes, particularly the sexologists. On the show I find that if the men don't want to be physically intimate with the woman, the experts try to pressure them into it and state that they're just not trying hard enough.
I'm aware the UK version was recently taken off air, but I'm surprised the Aus version is still going.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 13/07/2026 20:24

ALL the programmes like that are an abomination: Love Island seems like Rainbow in comparison to MAFS and the like. Naked Attraction, Great Sex House Experiment or whatever the swingers one is called (I think that one's one of the most abusive. I watched it and there were clearly many participants who were not fully happy with what was going on. But because they were taking part in the programme it just put on extra pressure for them to go through with it.) Virgin Island I'm very uneasy about. Just so much stuff on there that will be tied to them forever. It is so emotionally exposing for them, and they are clearly very vulnerable. The girl who worked in the nursery, I mean, how can parents ever take her seriously after witnessing her private sexual moments.

Eventually I think there'll be a kind of awakening amongst the producers and general public and we'll look back and think "God, what WERE we doing allowing that abusive crap on tv, for our entertainment!"

I really think we have reached rock bottom in terms of broadcasting standards and duty of care.

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