Session 363: Black Women’s Romantic Pursuits in the Media
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
It’s easy to dismiss dating reality TV shows like Love Island and The Bachelor as trashy, guilty pleasure TV, but as we watch Black women contestants continuously get discarded by their male counterparts, chosen last if chosen at all, and edited in a way that promotes stereotypes, it can make the IRL pursuit of romance feel a lot more bleak.
Digging into this idea a little bit more with me today is Dr. Sarah Adeyinka-Skold. Dr. Sarah earned her sociology doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied how the processes of finding romantic partners with racial and gender inequality in the United States. She is also a licensed clinical social worker in three states. During our conversation, we chatted about viral dating show contestants like AD & Tiffany from Love is Blind, Paige from Married at First Sight, and how their stories — and the world’s reactions to them – reflect the real life woes that Black women face while trying to date in a society where we face both gender and racial discrimination.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about |
| 0:15.7 | mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to |
| 0:21.0 | become the best possible versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin |
| 0:26.1 | Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, |
| 0:34.4 | visit our website at therapy for black girls.com. |
| 0:38.4 | While I hope you love listening to |
| 0:40.8 | and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a |
| 0:45.6 | relationship with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 363 of the |
| 0:59.6 | therapy for black girls podcast. We'll get right into our conversation afterward from our sponsors. |
| 1:05.2 | Hi, I'm Dr. Sarah Audianka Scold and I'm on the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast. |
| 1:11.5 | I'm in session today unpacking the depiction of black women on |
| 1:15.5 | dating shows. It's easy to dismiss dating reality TV shows like Love Island and The Bachelor as trashy, guilty pleasure TV. But as we watch black women contestants |
| 1:35.1 | continuously get discarded by their male counterparts, chosen last, if chosen at |
| 1:40.2 | all, and edited in a way that promotes stereotypes, it can make the IRL pursuit of romance |
| 1:46.6 | feel a little more bleak. |
| 1:49.2 | Digging into this idea a little bit more with me today is Dr. Sarah Auryenke Scold. Dr. Sarah earned her |
| 1:56.0 | sociology doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she |
| 2:00.1 | studied how the processes of finding romantic partners with racial and gender inequality in She's also a licensed |
| 2:04.0 | a licensed partner with racial and gender inequality |
| 2:04.9 | in the United States. |
| 2:06.5 | She's also a licensed clinical social worker |
| 2:08.8 | in three states. |
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