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And Jane, you wrote a book that our last guest, Shante Joseph, said was a bit of an inspiration for her viral article.

The book was called The Tragedy of Heterosexuality.

I guess I'll start with the obvious question then.

What's so tragic about it?

Are you finding that heterosexuality is in trouble, that it is at some crossroads?

You know, I think this is an important point.

You know, you're making clear how, on one hand, the idea of partners as companions, particularly heterosexual relationships as companions of mutual interest is a fairly new idea.

But it's at odds with the culture that is often producing men who seem incapable of creating those relationships.

Do you think the discourse around heterosexuality is changing?

Like, how should we qualify how we think about straight relationships now, even versus, you know, five, ten years ago?