After watching the first three episodes, it's immediately apparent that the show adopts a one-dimensional, heavily skewed portrayal of infidelity. Every one of the eight featured couples frames the man as the cheater, with zero representation of female infidelity. This kind of selective storytelling not only fails to reflect reality but is horrible when men are continually ostracised and derided in society.
Current research - including findings from the Institute for Family Studies and the General Social Survey - shows that the gender gap in infidelity has narrowed significantly. In fact, among adults aged 18 to 29, women now report higher rates of cheating than men.
Compounding the issue is the irony that the show's host has openly admitted to cheating in her own relationship. Yet, despite this, the narrative carefully avoids portraying women as unfaithful - a glaring omission that reeks of narrative control.
The whole show borders on classic misandry. Like "power", "rings of power", "thunderbolts", "curfew" and pretty much every modern show.
The end product is a series that appears crafted to emotionally validate one demographic - largely female viewers - at the expense of fairness and factual integrity. It reinforces harmful stereotypes about men being uniquely unfaithful and untrustworthy, which is both factually outdated and socially divisive.
As a show everyone is equally vacuous and Holden brings nothing to the dynamic except to roll her eyes from time to time (at the men of course)
