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This is a controversial couple. Before the podcast Kelly, You Said I don't even actually know her maiden name. Well that is, I think you do know him. Raiden name because you might remember back in the day it used to be Aaron Johnson and Sam Taylor. I actually forgot about this. I guess I forgot about that too. I know 'cause it. Actually, I'm not going to lie, it goes well together it. Does it does both of? Them. I thought he. Was Taylor Johnson? I know. No. Wait a second.
His name was Aaron Johnson. Yes. And she was Sam Taylor and they combined them together to both be Taylor Johnson, which it kind of slaps like yeah, I think both of them sound a lot better with the three name name. Yeah, it's funny that I forgot that. I feel like my younger self, you know, I loved Angus Thongs and perfect snogging and the books and everything. I knew him before this all happened, so yeah, I forgot. I know it sounds unnatural to say Aaron Johnson or Sam Taylor.
Like, I know it's just. Become like 4 names that go together. I know. Aaron and Sam Taylor Johnson. Before we get very deep into the episode, I want to thank our recent Patron Patreon subscribers, if that's OK. Yes, go for it. Real quick since last time, since last time we did this. I am just so happy you guys are here. There is new to the club. We have Amanda, Kathleen, Stephanie, Jennifer, Kiki, Charlotte, Lauren, Sarah, Crystal, Christina, and Emily. Thank you guys. Wow. Yeah.
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today. We hope you're having a really good day. Yeah, this couple, a lot of people hate them. They're very controversial and it's obvious why. I mean, they got together when he was 18. She was 42. Wow. It's it is odd. I feel like I also forgot the age difference. Oh yeah. I think in my head I thought like he was 20, she was 35. No. It's like. It's pretty odd and one of the three words I would use is unusual to describe this couple, but another word I would say is unashamed.
They don't really care what you think of them, and I don't know what to think of that. I mean they it's weird because they seem very happy together. But like, obviously, I would always think a situation where that happens, where someone dates a teenager when they're well into their 40s, I would
think that's that's really bad. I don't like it and I don't love it. But it's so weird years later into their relationship, like they're still really happy to be like, you know who might have knocked people's happiness? I don't know. That's so interesting. Well, I feel like we'll explore that more. Later probably. And then the final word I have for them is united. Oh, wow. Sounds. Positive. Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. So who are we?
Yeah, well, who are they? But before we get into that, I thought maybe touch on just for some context. OK. I wanted to touch on, like, the traits of men who like older women to maybe because I couldn't really figure out a lot about Aaron. But I came across this article called Bono Biology. Oh no, on a site called Bono Biology, which is titled The Seven Traits of Men Who Like Older Women. And maybe Aaron has some of these, maybe he doesn't.
But I think it might give us a good context here. Because. It says #1 might have higher libidos, believing that an older woman with more sexual experience would be more willing to act out their fantasies and teach them a thing or two. #2 They are more inclined towards maturity and competence and are looking for that in a partner. #3 They are more interested in stable, family centric
lifestyles. 4 They are more secure in their masculinity. 5 They are more introverted, preferring quiet nights in and deep conversations. Six they are more open minded, but seven, they might have lower self esteem and are seeking validation. Interesting. So we don't really know Aaron. We don't know if he's all ply, But maybe maybe some of that is true. But I also came across an article that talked about the stigma around an older woman, younger man relationship.
And I think, you know, this dynamic is different in that the age gap is so severe. So I think there was a stigma regardless, even if you flipped it around. It's not just like 22 with a 32 year old or something you. Know like if if we were talking about like Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. In that situation, I think there's more sexism involved if people were judging them. But in this situation it's just odd.
But it talks about how like relationships like this, they do kind of go against biology, where because a woman's sexual desirability is traditionally keyword, traditionally correlated with youth and older women are not usually viewed as sexual beings but instead as sexist maternal figures, which is a shame. This is from a paper written by someone named Hallie Lieberman, by the way. But I mean, people really hate this couple. And like I said, I think they would hate them regardless.
But it's just interesting to keep that in mind. I do think people would also judge this couple if it was a man that was older I. Agree. But I also do think historically, maybe recently, it wouldn't pass. But I do think that that has always gotten, you know, people have gotten away with that and people seem to just expect that more. An older man, the younger woman. All right, I will have to stop the episode right there. Thank you so much for listening
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