Inside ‘Virgin Island’: The Provocative New Show Where 12 Singles Battle to Shed Their Virginity on Camera
Dr. Harel then followed by assuring the public that the show’s participants never misunderstood the nature of their sessions. “They felt like, ‘Okay, this is a therapeutic modality that’s going to help me grow,’ and that’s how it was set up for them.”
Despite the controversy surrounding it, the show comes at a time where young adult virginity seems to be on the rise. For instance, a University College London study cited in the show reveals that one in eight 26-year-olds remain virgins, up from one in 20 in previous generations.
The study mainly blames social media and the ease of access to explicit content online for creating a fear of intimacy among young people.
As Susanna Abse, a psychotherapist at Balint Consultancy, puts it: “Millennials have been brought up in a culture of hypers*xuality which has bred a fear of intimacy.”
“Predatory.” Despite the show’s intentions, viewers felt perturbed by what they saw
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