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Ep 20: Age Gaps & Gender Power Dynamics
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Why do men tend to date younger women? Do all the same gender inequities play out in non-monogamy as in monogamy? Will Sarah and Alex finally figure out how to smash the patriarchy?
Part one of a series about how inequities show up in non-monogamy (we think...)
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Mentioned in the episode:
SNL skit about parents opening their marriage: https://youtu.be/UWhiR8mjZSQ
Leonardo DiCaprio & Eden Polani vs. Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey age gap: https://twitter.com/parasocialyte/status/1622819634478039040?s=20
Age difference between James Bond and the female lead: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/24w0lu/age_differences_between_james_bond_and_the_female/
63% of men in their 20s are single, vs 34% of women: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/08/for-valentines-day-5-facts-about-single-americans/ft_2023-02-08_facts-single-americans_01/
The Guardian picks apart the conservative handwringing about lonely young men: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/25/young-men-relationships-study-week-in-patriarchy
Median age at first marriage is 30 for men, 28 for women. Similar gap going back to the 1950s: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/families-and-households/ms-2.pdf
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