There is a show that plays on ABC called "Dating in the Dark," and it is actually pretty interesting. Not really the show itself, but what it says about society today.
For those of you who have no experience with this show, I shall explain: Three men and three women move into two seperate wings of a house for a week. Durring the week, they go up into the "dark room," where they get to know eachother and a group. Each person is eventually paired up with another, and they go on multiple dates in the dark room, where they talk about who they are as a person, what they do for a living, what they are looking for in a relationahip but never what they look like. One activity also takes place during the week. Sometimes, a sketch artist is brought in and draws the faces of each house guest according to what their significant other can explain about them (sometimes, these a scary accurate). On another episode, they got to go through a bin of clothes and guess, really, what their significant other's style was according to what they knew of them (never quite accruate).
At the end of the week, they decide if they want to see the other person in the light. With the couple standing opposite eachother, a light descends on them one at a time (while the other is still under the cover of darkness, so their reaction is not known to the now visible person.) They then finally decide if they want to continue their relationship.
This entire show is based off the idea that looks really matter in a realationship. I agree that looks do play a significant role in any relationship, but they should not be as important as society does. I have seen couples many times that have totally hit it off in the dark room personality-wise. They are close in age, similar in personality looking for all the same things in life. They seem to genuinely like eachother. Oh, but then one doesn't live up to the beautiful #10 they had pictured in their mind and the whole thing is called off. It is sad to see how many people are rejected just because of their looks. I don't know why anyone would go on this show and willingly subject themselves to that kind of hurt and humiliation. But it is so interesting to see how as a society, we really do value looks more than personality.
At first I thought this show was a very interesting idea, because I thought it was cool that these people got to know each other on the inside before the outside became a part of the equation. Now, I think it's sad that people decide to completely demolish a potentially great relationship because they find themselves disappointed in the appearance of the other person. Could America be any more shallow?
ReplyDeleteThat's a really intersting concept. In theory it allows the couples to really get to know each other, but I think it's so sad that people would actually walk away just because the person they get along with great isn't attractive enough for them. I can't imagine being in that position.
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