# Stop Letting Instagram Explain Your Love Life -- The Science of Attraction

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2026-02-23T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast
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Are men naturally promiscuous and drawn to younger women? Are women obsessed with tall, older, rich men? Dating discourse is littered with pop evolutionary psychology that makes broad claims about how men and women are under a thin veneer of scientific credibility. But how much of it is backed by real science? In this episode of The Argument, host Jerusalem Demsas interviews UC Davis psychology professor Paul Eastwick about his new book, Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connec...

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