Culture
Why Our Culture Is Obsessed With “Married At First Sight”
The reality TV show “Married at First Sight” — a dating show about arranged marriages — is somehow becoming increasingly popular, despite arranged marriages being exceedingly uncommon in the U.S.
By Brooke Conrad3 min read
An obvious draw to the show is the shock factor: what would it be like to meet your new husband/wife for the first time on your wedding day? The show explores just that scenario. During the first season of MAFS, four experts — a sociologist, a psychologist, a sexologist, and a humanist chaplain — conduct thorough interviews and then match couples based on their personality, interests, family, religion, job, etc. When the two individuals meet at their wedding ceremony, they don’t even know the other person’s name.