Stop Letting Instagram Explain Your Love Life -- The Science of Attraction
About this episode
The episode explores the science behind attraction and dating norms through an interview with psychologist Paul Eastwick.
Are men naturally promiscuous and drawn to younger women? Are women obsessed with tall, older, rich men? Dating discourse is littered with pop evolutionary psychology that makes broad claims about how men and women are under a thin veneer of scientific credibility. But how much of it is backed by real science? In this episode of The Argument, host Jerusalem Demsas interviews UC Davis psychology professor Paul Eastwick about his new book, Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connec...
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