After Party with Emily Jashinsky Dems Crash Out in Munich, Swalwell’s Ick Poetry, and Erotic Wuthering Heights, with Hadley Heath Manning
Feb 17, 2026
Hadley Heath Manning, Senior Fellow at Independent Women and author of the Dating Decade report, explores young adults’ shifting relationship patterns. She discusses the prolonged “dating decade,” why many women are drawn to erotic Wuthering Heights–style media, and how culture, religion, and economic factors shape marriage, parenting, and mental-health trends among young liberal women.
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The New 'Dating Decade'
- The "dating decade" stretches sexual debut and marriage a decade apart, creating a prolonged transitional life stage for young adults.
- Hadley Heath Manning argues this longer gap reshapes development, family formation, and societal expectations.
Erotic Media Shapes Romance Demand
- Pornography, erotica, and explicit social media content have exploded and shape young women's sexual expectations.
- Manning links Wuthering Heights' sexual tone to broader demand for erotic content among single young women.
Intensity Isn’t The Same As Fulfillment
- Romanticizing tormented relationships (Wuthering Heights, pop songs) fuels a belief that intensity equals good love.
- Manning counters that marital security can enable life risks and deep satisfaction, not boredom.
