Married at First Sight contestant demands 'respect as the man'

The Nine network has faced criticism on social media after it unveiled a teaser for the reality television show Married at First Sight featuring a male contestant saying men are “getting whipped by their women” and a woman “needs to respect me as the man”.

On Friday the network released a 45-second clip for the upcoming season presenting a contestant named Dean who prefaced his introduction by announcing: “It’s hard to say without sounding sexist or something.”

In the clip, Dean says he likes “a girl that is a girl and is girlie and knows that I’m the man and that I’m in charge”.