What do King Arthur, Netflix's Selling Sunset, and an 8-year-old me have in common? This episode of Tying Knots, of course! 

Last episode, we discussed how women are sticking to gendered scripts, even when at odds with their beliefs. Episode 2, "The Script ", is all about romance: the parts we play and the difficulty of going off-script.

0:00 What Romance is to an 8-Year Old 

2:11 Tying Knots Intro  

2:23 The Script Breakdown 

3:59  The Reality of The Script 

11:22  Chivalry: Medieval Dating Rules 

14:50  King Arthur and the Pinnacle of Romance: When Passivity Became Hot 

18:20  Breakdown Revisited: The Chosen One's Perspective 

22:16  The Element of Suprise: How to Preserve Your "Chosen" Status and Other Fantasies 

25:02  Final Thoughts 

27:36  Outro

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Modern women are still shying away from proposing to their boyfriends. In this 1st season of Tying Knots, we aim to find out why. We kick off with an episode called "The Engagement Conundrum".

0:00 My Proposal Story 

1:45 Tying Knots Intro  

2:00 Are We Really that Strange? 

3:40 "Symbolic Gendering": The Research  

4:44 "Choice Rhetoric": What Women Tell Themselves  

8:00  How this Reinforces Gendered Roles and Undermines Our Goals 

9:57 The Next Question 

10:33 Outro

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Struggling to navigate your feminist ideals and dating? You're not alone! 

Join our host, Ilona Kotz, for Tying Knots, Season 1: a five-part deep-dive into modern marriage proposals, punctuating the history and latest research with personal tales of triumph, error, and hypocrisy - in a quest to offer radical insight into dating as a feminist right now.  

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