Dating in a Digital Age. The Kinsey Report on Match with Dr. Justin Garcia

Since 2010, the relationship company Match has enlisted the help of experts from the Kinsey Institute of Sexual Research to conduct and publish a scientific study on the attitudes and behaviors of single people in the United States. Today, my guest is Dr. Justin Garcia, the Executive Director of The Kinsey Institute, and the Scientific Advisor to Match. He’s the scientist who knows the secrets of why people fall into relationships, and if online dating has salvaged or… sabotaged the whole process.

In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Dr. Garcia discuss the just-released data from the 12th annual Singles in America study including:
·      The legacy of DR. ALFRED KINSEY
·      The most UNEXPECTED FINDINGS from this year’s study
·      How the PANDEMIC has changed relationships across America
·      What TRAIT people want most in a relationship
·      If love is blind and PHYSICAL ATTRACTION still primarily drives online dating
·      The impact of POLITICS, and specifically the overturning of ROE v WADE
·      Dating TRENDS in women OVER AGE 40
·      If women over 40 are searching for SEX or looking for LOVE? Marriage or companionship?
·      Dating trends in SINGLE PARENTS
·      DEALMAKERS and DEALBREAKERS- what’s more important
·      How the ECONOMICS of dating has shifted
·      How likely it is for a woman OVER 50 to meet a LONG-TERM PARTNER online
·      How to INCREASE THE ODDS of meeting someone online
·      What is “VANILLA SEX” and is it the most typical sex practice today?
·      Is Digital Dating HERE TO STAY?
·      THE KINSEY ART COLLECTION

About Dr. Garcia and the Kinsey Institute
Dr. Garcia is a world-renowned biologist and sex researcher focusing on the evolutionary and biocultural foundations of romantic and sexual relationships across the life course. Professor Garcia has a dual faculty appointment with the Kinsey Institute and the Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also Co-Chair of the Interdepartmental Graduate Committee on Human Sexuality. Since 2010, Garcia serves as Scientific Advisor to the relationship company Match. In this role, Garcia provides expertise to Singles in America (SIA), the online dating company's annual study on the attitudes and behaviors of single people in the United States.

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Other episodes of interest: Episode 10: Dating After 50- Make it Awesome Not Awful- With Bela Gandhi Episode 16