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Married at First Sight Australia faces reckoning over misogynistic stereotypes and participant safety

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Married at First Sight Australia is under scrutiny for potentially mainstreaming dangerous misogynistic stereotypes and subjecting participants to harmful situations, amid allegations of domestic violence, coercive control, and inadequate vetting processes.

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