The Absurdity of Modern Dating Discourse ft. Pat Stedman

The Absurdity of Modern Dating Discourse ft. Pat Stedman

From Restoring Order by with Patrick Casey

March 26, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

Patrick Casey and Pat Stedman discuss modern dating discourse, relationship coaching, and the implications of traditional dating approaches.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.patrickcasey.com Pat Stedman joins me to discuss dating discourse, online vanity, women flaunting their former promiscuity, and his work as a relationship coach. To start, Pat provides his origin story. We learn about his January 6 experience and how he got into relationship coaching. I ask Pat to tell us about what the average guy who seeks out his services is looking for. We then discuss some conventional right-wing wisdom about dating, including the claim that men should focus on making money before worrying about finding a wife. This leads to some discussion on whether women—even conservative women—are eager to marry a virgin. I’m forced to confront a difficult question: Was Future Moldovan Citizen Right? Toward the end of the first half, we consider the myriad of ways in which “trad” approaches to dating can cause problems. In the second half of the show (available to subscribers), we shift gears to consider Trevor Sheatz's viral post , which garnered 35 million views. Why did people react so strongly? Was he merely encouraging promiscuous people to turn to Christ – or were his intentions less noble? I argue…

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Casey

Guest: Pat Stedman

Topics covered

  • modern dating
  • relationship coaching
  • right-wing wisdom
  • promiscuity
  • trad approaches
  • online discourse

Keywords

  • dating discourse
  • relationship coaching
  • promiscuity
  • tradwife
  • right-wing wisdom

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