With its hetero history, Bach Nation only represents a portion of single people searching for love. With this *all* in mind, when it comes to the show’s closed-mindedness around sexuality we shouldn’t be surprised-but that doesn’t mean we’re not disappointed. And, aside from having one bisexual contestant in 2017, gender identity has largely gone unaddressed on the show.Īll of which is to say that the lack of gender fluidity is pretty on brand, considering the franchise has a serious MO of perpetuating only one type of love (re: hetero), and one type of person (re: cis straight) who can seemingly attain that love.
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I actually do think it would be cool to do a gay season of The Bachelor … and hey I’m single….Īnd in 2014, then-Bachelor and garbage human Juan Pablo Galavis denounced the possibility of a “gay” Bachelor, telling The TV Page: “No…I respect but, honestly, I don’t think it’s a good example for kids.” Despite swift backlash to Jaun Pablo’s homophobic comment, the show has continued to set the same tired example, continually pairing and promoting solely cisgender, heterosexual couples. The whole concept of the show-that 25 women would compete over one mediocre (white) man, giving up their lives and careers for two months to pretty much take part in a prolonged fashion show and soap opera, all for the prize of an engagement with a man they barely know-seems pretty archaic.Īside from rumours and comments around the sexuality of Season 23’s Bachelor, Colton Underwood (comedian Billy Eichener event went so far as to tell the Bachelor, to his face: “Maybe you’re the first gay bachelor, and we don’t even know!”), the couplings in the Bach franchise have stayed strictly heterosexual. 37 seasons and counting), it’s been problematic and outdated AF. It feels like for as long as The Bachelor has been on TV (i.e.
People have long been calling out The Bachelor franchise for being closed-minded MTV’s decision to make the reality show, which first aired in 2014, more sexually inclusive only further highlights that a) audiences want to see their IRL experience reflected on shows that are *supposed* to be based in reality and b) that The Bachelor, Bachelorette and its spinoff franchises are waaay behind the times, and super heteronormative.