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The Dating Pool Dropouts
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Young men today feel they must be six feet tall, make six figures, and have six inches downstairs to get a girlfriend—so many have given up trying.
By Olivia Reingold
09.13.23 — Culture and Ideas
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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press.She has cocreated and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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