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    What Love Island tells us about the value of kindness | Stephanie Boland

    Behaviour doesn’t have to be actively abusive to make others feel bad – as human beings, we should aim to be kind
    by Stephanie Boland Jul 04, 2019 3 minutes
    ‘Love Island’s capacity to spark wider discussions around consent, relationships and gender is part of what makes it such a fascinating programme.’ Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

    Is there gaslighting on Love Island? Maybe. From cruel jokes to crueller recouplings, commentators have been quick – and sometimes astute – to notice how patterns of behaviour on the programme can dramatise the more disturbing aspects of dating in the real world. These are interesting conversations and, as others have noted, Love Island’s capacity to spark wider discussions around consent, relationships and gender is part of what makes it such a fascinating show.

    Discussing in the abstract is useful, too: if seeing a TV character’s behaviour

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