Can You Date Someone You’re Not Really Attracted To?

They say don’t judge a book by its cover - but does that mean you should always “give them a chance” if you’re not immediately attracted to someone? In this episode we’re debating whether attraction needs to be instant or can grow over time, are we stringing people along if we wait for it to develop, and have dating apps have killed slowburn romance.

SHOW NOTES:

Romantic attraction and evolution: New study pinpoints key traits in mate selection:

https://www.psypost.org/romantic-attraction-and-evolution-new-study-pinpoints-key-traits-in-mate-selection/

The Preferred Traits of Mates in a Cross-National Study of Heterosexual and Homosexual Men and Women:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6427708_The_Preferred_Traits_of_Mates_in_a_Cross-National_Study_of_Heterosexual_and_Homosexual_Men_and_Women_An_Examination_of_Biological_and_Cultural_Influences

OUR EP: Unpacking Adolescence, The Manosphere and The 80/20 Rule

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/the-hook-up/unpacking-adolescence-the-manosphere-and-the-80-20-rule/105118516

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