Why straight dating feels bleak

The Ezra Klein Show by Vox Media Podcast Network

Aug 14, 202657:48News & Politics

The internet is rife with chatter about “heteropessimism,” the feeling that gender relations are broken and heterosexual relationships are doomed. But is this just cynical discourse, like a coping mechanism for bad dates...

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