I will never understand why is is that politicians will attack the rights of gays to marry, will decry fictional violence in film, and go apoplectic if someone shows a tit on television, but won't say shit about the TLC Channel, which not only exploits those with mental disease, it celebrates dysfunction and rewards shitty parenting.
Where's Mike Huckabee and his army of Bible Belting sinmesiters on this?
Most of the people on these shows are suffering in a very permanent kind of way, and in most cases, they will pass that suffering down to the next generation.
I think there's some damaged psychology on all sides of the equation: The producers, the participants, and the viewers.
