‘Blind marriage’ brings diversity and exposes fatphobia – DiversEM

Unlike the premiere season, director Cssia Dian brought more “Brazilianness” and diversity of bodies in the second season of “Casamento s Cegas”. It is possible to observe the presence of different skin tones, as well as the presence of a fat woman, image consultant Amanda Souza, 35 years old.

fatphobia

Amanda experienced an episode of fatphobia during the program. Human resources specialist Paulo Simi became interested in Amanda and the doctor Bruna Ferreira during the first phase of the program, when the participants do not see each other. However, Bruna withdrew from the program and asked Paulo to withdraw as well, believing that the story of the two should be lived outside the cameras and the spotlight.

Paulo then decided to continue on reality and invest in Amanda, saying he was in love with her. Everything changed when they saw each other for the first time, as soon as he found the image consultant, the participant withdrew from the marriage proposal, justifying that she would be “too strong”. The justification was interpreted by viewers as fatphobia and generated criticism.

“She’s nothing like what I’ve dealt with in my life. She strong. Wonderful. I don’t know if I can handle it”, explained Paulo. “A woman that strong by her side. Maybe I’m not the strong man she wants by her side or that she deserves to be by her side. I’m not getting married,” he added.

Amanda stated that she does not regret having participated in Blind Marriage, since being in a national program helps to give visibility to other fat women.

“The self-esteem of other fat women is important to me. Every time my body can occupy a space, I will. Of course it hurts. It’s a trigger for many and for me too. Can you imagine how many times I haven’t experienced this? I go on dates and it happens all the time,” Amanda told Splash.

Some time later, Paulo started a romance with Bruna and, after two months of relationship, they are living together. The human resources specialist even praised the militancy and strength of medicine.

sexism on the agenda

Participant Thamara Trez captured the interest of several participants, and Thiago Andreotti felt uncomfortable with the fact.

“You were one of the people I liked the most. Arriving there (in the lounge), Geral talked about you. We even joked, eh, ‘wow, Thamara is a blow, huh? I’m falling in love with everyone’”, commented Thiago with Thamara in the cabin.

Alisson Hentges and Akin Santos, who participated in the discussion with Thiago, pointed out the boy’s judgment and defended Thamara. Thiago went on to argue that everyone there judges and is judged and Akin stated that the attitude was sexist.

“No, I think I reproduce, you know? People don’t agree, logically, because it’s much more difficult for you to recognize yourself as something you think you’re not”, said Akin. broad debate about one person,” he added.

What about LGBTQIA+ couples?

Despite the greater diversity in the second edition, the LGBTQIA community questions the lack of heteronormative couples. However, director Cassia Dian explains that it would be necessary to change the entire dynamic of the program, since couples can only see each other in the second phase of the program and living in the lounge is separated by gender.

“There is a dynamic and a format that need to be adapted to receive non-heterosexual couples”, explained Cssia to Estado de S. Paulo. “The premise is that couples don’t see each other at first, but we have lounges. So people of the same sex could not be together and live in the same environment ”, she completes.