Seduction
Online dating, including dating apps are now the second most likely place to meet a partner, but is the decision making process as to who and how we court and woo changing?
Aleks talks to Tinder users Harriet Southgate and Kira Cheers who speak not only about the seductive nature of the app, but how they promote the gamification of dating. Biological anthropologist, Helen Fisher argues that dating apps like Tinder and Grindr can cause cognitive overload because humans are just not used to having so much choice when it comes to picking a date. Aleks also speaks with Paul Ross, known as the Father of Seduction, about a rather chilling and systemised approach to seduction and explores whether dating apps are in fact missing out the slow play of the seduction process.
Produced by Kate Bissell
Researched by Elizabeth Ann Duffy
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Helen Fisher
Kirra Cheers
Harriet Southgate
Harriet talks to us about the appeal, and addictive nature of Tinder.
Darren Grimes
Paul Ross
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- Mon 11 May 2015 16:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
- Sat 29 Dec 2018 23:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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