Love Island has a gaslighting problem – yet again

Toxic masculinity is under the microscope in the villa, with the behaviour of Michael and Curtis displaying wider societal issuesMasculinity takes many tattooed forms in Love Island and the behaviour of two housemates this week shone, once again, a TV torch on one of its darker corners: gaslighting.Manipulation is nothing new in the villa, but seeing so much of it in this year’s show is a sad reflection of life both inside and out in the wider world: in a culture where it’s no longer