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Pink Villa
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Materialists Star Dakota Johnson Would've Been 'Fired' if She Was Real-Life Matchmaker Says Professional, Know Why
Dakota Johnson has been winning hearts with her brilliant performance in her newest release, Materialists. The actress is portraying the role of a matchmaker while finding herself in a love triangle with Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. While Johnson 's character in the movie seems to be ideal on various levels, a real-life dating coach from N.Y.C., Maria Avgitidis, thinks otherwise. Avgitidis went on to critique the actress' role in Materialists and claimed that the character was flawed, with the director and the makers failing at getting the details correct. She claimed that if such an employee as Johnson's character had been in the business, they would have gotten fired. Maria Avgitidis' comments on Dakota Johnson's portrayal of a matchmaker in Materialists Following the release of the Celine Song directorial, the N.Y.C.-based matchmaker, Maria Avigitidis, sat down for a conversation with People Magazine. She revealed to the media portal that her professional self is far away from the Madame Web actress' portrayal. Avigitidis shared, "I don't see myself in this.' She further added, "I was trying to warn some matchmakers: 'I know you're about to throw a whole movie screening for this. 'Tread carefully.' I don't know what else to tell you." Furthermore, in the talks with the outlet, the matchmaker addressed the point of abuse and violence on the first date, as shown in the film. She claimed that Johnson's character would have been fired in such cases if she existed in real life. 'I've had to fire clients for being bad on dates two times in my 17-year career, but they were able to admit, 'You know what, Maria? Yeah, that was really inappropriate behavior,'' she said. Meanwhile, in her defense, the director, Celine Song, revealed that all the details mentioned in the movie came from real life. The Past Lives filmmaker claimed that her inspiration for Materialists came from her when she was working at Tawkify. Song stated, "The things that are in the movie came from the truth I learned: that there is a very funny, very dark objectification of each other's humanity, and therefore a very real commodification of each other, as we go through this thing that we call dating.' The filmmaker went on to say, "But it's supposed to be in pursuit of love." Materialists is running successfully in theaters, following the big premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Turns Out Women Like Dating Younger, Too, A New 'Major' Study Shows
When it comes to dating, the prevailing belief is that men prefer to date a bit younger, while women go for men a few years older. Global marriage stats back that up, showing that men, on average, are 4.2 years older than their wives in mixed-gender marriages. When asked about their preferences, men and women tend to confirm these assumptions, too. The problem is, past studies have mostly looked at self-reported or online behavior and not considered what happens in the real world. Plus, a lot of studies tend to focus on college students' preferences, simply because of who's available to participate in research at a university. But a 'major' new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that when people actually go on dates, men and women prefer to date younger. Up until now, 'there have been remarkably few studies that capture how adults who are ostensibly seeking a long-term partner feel about potential romantic partners they have met face-to-face,' said study author Paul W. Eastwick, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis and co-host of the 'Love Factually' podcast. Given that, when Eastwick heard that Tawkify ― a matchmaking site that sets up dates ― wanted to partner with him to analyze its data, he jumped at the chance. 'It was this amazing opportunity — given the diversity of ages in their sample — to see how a partner's age really impacts first impressions,' the professor told HuffPost. The data Eastwick and his co-authors got their hands on included 6,262 registered Tawkify users, most of whom were middle-aged and diverse in terms of race, income and relationship history. Prior to sending them off on dates, daters were asked about their preferred maximum age for a partner. Like standard good matchmakers, Tawkify took those preferences into account, but they also took some liberties, pairing daters up with people who were older than their stated age threshold if they seemed like a good match. On average, men were paired with women who were four years younger than they were. But there was a range, Eastwick said, from the man being seven years younger than the woman, to the man being 12 years older than the woman (98% of the dates fell within this range). 'This range was determined by the matchmakers' decisions and the nature of the pool they were working with,' he explained. After going on blind dates, each dater was asked to rate how much they enjoyed their date, how attracted they were to the other person and whether they wanted to pursue a second date. The idea was to compare the daters' stated preferences with their actual post-date feelings. What did Eastwick and his team discover? In all three categories ― enjoyment, attraction and interest in a second date ― youth was linked to higher ratings. 'Men say they are attracted to younger women, and that was true: They were slightly more eager to go on a second date with women who were younger than them,' he said. 'The women said they are attracted to older men, but they, too, were slightly attracted to younger men.' The 'true surprise,' Eastwick said, was that the magnitude of the preference for youth was about the same (r = .10 or so, if you're mathematically inclined) for men and women alike. 'This is very surprising given that women say they want an older partner in nearly every study that has ever been conducted,' he said. 'I am inclined to trust this current data, though, in part because only a single other study has ever captured how a partner's age actually affects women's attraction, and they found something similar to what we find.' So what gives? Why do women say they're into older men and then report that they are more interested in the younger men they met? Eastwick thinks women may be underestimating the appeal of younger men ― 'an appeal that comes to the fore when they meet face to face.' 'I think there may be an important difference in what people say they want in the abstract and what appeals to them in the moment when they go on in-person dates,' he explained. Did the researchers note anything different in queer pairings versus straight ones? In the large sample ― 6,262 registered Tawkify users ― there were 100 dates between two men and 100 dates between two women. Given that relatively small number, researchers could't glean anything conclusive about any differences in queer people's preferences. The study was also confined to first dates. Who knows if the appeal of youth lasts into a third date. 'We really don't know what happens from date two and beyond,' Eastwick said. 'It would also be interesting to randomly assign dates with respect to age. The matchmakers are not assigning dates randomly, of course.' Gen Z Is Particularly Weird About Relationship Age Gaps. Here's Why. Women Who Are Still 'Hot' In Their 40s Would Like A Word With You I'm 63. She's 22. Here's What Most People Get Wrong About Our Marriage.
The Independent
27-01-2025
- Science
- The Independent
Men and women equally attracted to younger partners, research finds
Men and women are equally attracted to younger partners, new research suggests. Even if they do not realise it, both sexes tend to slightly prefer younger people when going on a date, according to the study from the University of California, Davis. The research was carried out on around 4,500 people who went on a blind date via a US dating site which matches people based on their interests and who are looking for long-term love. Professor Paul Eastwick, lead author on the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said: 'After a blind date, participants were slightly more attracted to younger partners, and this trend was equally true for men and women. 'This preference for youth among women will be shocking to many people because, in mixed-gender couples, men tend to be older than women, plus women generally say they prefer older partners. 'But women's preferences on the dates themselves revealed something else entirely.' Men and women find youth a little more appealing in initial attraction setting - whether they know it or not Professor Paul Eastwick, University of California, Davis The study looked at people of all ages, with daters ranging from 22 to 85, who were using the US-based matchmaking company Tawkify. Around half of daters were men and half women, and most people were set up on mixed-sex dates. The researchers also looked at whether women with higher incomes might be inclined to choose younger partners. However, they found very little evidence that income – either their date's or their own – influenced these women's (slight) preference for youth, the researchers said. The study did not look at whether romantic attraction on a first date led to longer-term relationships. Prof Eastwick said his study showed that 'men and women find youth a little more appealing in initial attraction setting – whether they know it or not.'
