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phil
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45% of men aged 18-25 have never approached a woman (romantically) in person. If you zoom out for all age ranges, the number drops to 29% (!) Zvi via Substack: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/dating-roundup-1-this-is-why-youre#§youre-single-because-youre-not-even-trying
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Erin Magennis🎩🌻
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GenZ dates in greys of being friends first 43% of people (50% of women) ages 18-29 said they were in a relationship with someone who was first a friend (vs 21% >65 years old) Also, 52% of older couples (vs 35% of GenZ) said their significant other was a complete stranger to them before they got together
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Vitalik Buterin
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How does that gender gap work? Seems mathematically impossible, unless women have consistently more expansive perceptions of who counts as a friend?
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Erin Magennis🎩🌻
@erin
Likely yes. In dating research, there are 2 types of intimacy/initiation: passion vs friendship based. These broadly follow masculine/transactional vs feminine/interdependent heterosexist connection scripts. This study breaks breaks down close vs not close friends for women, but fails to give a breakdown for men.
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Erin Magennis🎩🌻
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Other potential, but less likely factors: definition of dating (more women casually date, more men are single), sexual orientation of those surveyed (85% of LGBTQ+ couples are friends-first), definition of cheating. At large, casual forms of connection are an understudied area (& a space I can nerd out on for a while)
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