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In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attacked the show, warning viewers, “There is an insidious darkness beneath the fairytale pabulum they are serving up.”
He goes on to explain the short-term effects of the ABC show are harmless, but the long-term effects can “have serious consequences,” just like with “smoking” or “listening to Kenny G.”
“These shows promote the scorched-earth effects of raising females to be continually judged physically above all other attributes and then measured against impossible physical standards that has marginalized a majority of girls and women,” Abdul-Jabbar writes. “The real crime is the lack of intellectual and appearance diversity, which leaves the contestants as interchangeable as the Mr. Potato Head parts.”
He concluded, “The real danger is when we try to apply that fantasy thinking to our own lives. And when we think about where our children learn about the realities of romance, it becomes even more important to question what may influence their behavior in choosing a partner.”
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