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The embarrassing truth of dating men

The embarrassing truth of dating men

It's Been a Minute vor 9 Monaten

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What's it like to date a man? Ask pop stars or your friends, and
you might hear it's a struggle.

From Sabrina Carpenter to Summer Walker, some of the biggest female
artists on the charts today…are absolutely through with
men. It’s a sentiment that has a name: heteropessimism. Coined in
2019 by the writer Asa Seresin, the term encapsulates the
embarrassment, disaffection and fatigue that comes from being
heterosexual.

“Men are trash” music that reflects these feelings isn’t new, but
NPR Music editor Hazel Cills says it’s making a comeback. So what
makes this time different? And what can we learn from this moment's
heteropessimism about the realities of dating men today?

(0:00) How Heteropessimism went mainstream
(4:21) What makes this "Men are trash" moment different than the
past?
(7:55) What do women want from their relationships?
(14:59) How long will we be in the "men are trash" era?

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