‘Love Is Blind’ may occasionally produce lasting marriages. But mostly it’s a cautionary tale about the hazards of dating in the disembodied digital age.
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Every so often, I watch episodes of a popular reality TV show, in part because it’s admittedly entertaining but also because it’s a window into contemporary culture. Even if “reality TV” dating shows aren’t fully real life, they’re real enough to reflect prevailing notions of romance, dating, sexual ethics, gender politics, and more.
I recently watched some of Love Is Blind’s newest season on Netflix (its eighth in five years) and found it fascinating as a reflection of our culture’s widening gender divide over politics and as a strong warning against “unequally yoked” dating when key values and spiritual convictions diverge.
