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    Lena and Eli explore Mark Regnerus's groundbreaking analysis of how contraception, pornography, and dating apps have revolutionized romance, creating new economic dynamics that explain why modern relationships feel so different from previous generations.

    Cheap Sex: How Technology Transformed Modern Dating
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    A summary of the book Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy by Mark Regnerus

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    Sources de connaissances
    Cheap Sex Chapter Summary | Mark Regnerus - Bookey
    link
    https://www.bookey.app/book/cheap-sex
    Mapping the New Mating Market: A Review of Cheap Sex
    link
    https://ifstudies.org/blog/mapping-the-new-mating-market-a-review-of-cheap-sex
    Sociologist Mark Regnerus Takes on the Economics of Cheap Sex
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    https://www.ncregister.com/interview/sociologist-mark-regnerus-takes-on-the-economics-of-cheap-sex
    Q&A: <em>Cheap Sex</em> and why today's young people are postponing marriage
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    https://www.denvercatholic.org/q-a-em-cheap-sex-em-and-why-today-s-young-people-are-postponing-marriage
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    Points clés

    1

    Opening and Introduction

    0:00
    0:15
    0:37
    2

    The Economics of Modern Romance

    0:57
    1:08
    1:23
    1:38
    1:53
    2:05
    2:13
    2:31
    2:43
    2:58
    1:23
    3

    The Technology Revolution in Dating

    3:23
    3:37
    3:49
    4:05
    4:21
    4:26
    4:40
    4:56
    5:11
    5:22
    4

    The Campus Laboratory

    5:38
    5:48
    5:59
    6:09
    6:22
    6:34
    6:52
    2:43
    7:22
    7:37
    7:42
    5

    The Digital Dating Dilemma

    7:54
    8:08
    8:24
    8:31
    8:47
    1:23
    9:16
    9:27
    9:27
    9:27
    9:27
    6

    The Transformation of Marriage and Commitment

    9:29
    9:42
    9:57
    10:04
    10:21
    10:34
    6:52
    10:59
    11:14
    11:26
    7

    Power Dynamics and Bargaining in Relationships

    11:39
    11:53
    12:07
    12:19
    12:34
    12:51
    13:01
    13:16
    13:25
    13:41
    8

    The Economics of Infidelity

    13:54
    14:06
    14:19
    14:25
    14:43
    14:55
    15:08
    15:21
    15:37
    15:48
    9

    The Labor of Love in Modern Dating

    15:56
    16:14
    16:27
    16:41
    16:55
    17:07
    17:21
    17:37
    17:51
    10

    The Political Dimensions of Going Out

    18:03
    18:16
    18:30
    18:44
    18:59
    19:16
    19:28
    11

    The Paradox of Sexual Freedom

    19:45
    19:59
    20:10
    2:43
    20:41
    20:53
    21:03
    21:17
    12

    Practical Applications and What This Means for Our Listeners

    21:31
    21:45
    21:56
    22:09
    22:22
    22:38
    22:50
    23:02
    23:14
    23:29
    23:38
    23:49
    13

    Wrapping Up and Looking Forward

    24:00
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    24:24
    24:38
    24:49
    25:04
    25:16
    25:29
    25:41
    25:50
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