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The twist in this season of The Bachelors? One is a virgin. What does this say about how society – and reality television – frames virginity?
The new season of the Bachelor franchise has changed the formula, in a bid to combat audience fatigue and dropping ratings.
Matt Agnew is on the hunt for love as star of the new Bachelor Australia series. But whoever he picks (and he already has, apparently) will have to compete with TESS. So who, or what, is TESS?
From ground-breaking to game-changing, rule-breaking to near parliament-breaking, 2018 was a hell of a year for TV.
Bullying is a serious public health problem. Yet too often, reality TV shows trade in insults and name calling.
A pattern of male leadership and female passivity in heterosexual romance is woven into the formula on the popular TV show The Bachelor.
The Bachelor, like most reality TV, thrives on drama. But its particular style of conflict illustrates an uncomfortable point: women can easily be sexist against other women.
Studies have shown that since the 1970s, people’s scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory are rising. Could there be a connection to television consumption?
The Chinese dating show If You Are the One has a domestic audience of 50 million, and a cult following in Australia. It seems harsher than shows such as The Bachelor – but is it really all that different?
The Bachelor is the perfect screen depiction of the male fantasy of scantily clad women pillow-fighting for his affections.
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