The Age Gap Controversy in Celebrity

Leonardo DiCaprio's Dating Patterns

Societal Perceptions and Double Standards

The Cougar Stereotype and Dating Age Gaps

Normalizing Dating Preferences

Today, we're putting the age gap under the microscope. Why is it that a 50-year-old man dating a 20-year-old is a punchline at best and a status symbol at worst, while women who dare to do the same get labelled, ridiculed, and given the nickname, “cougar."

Jas, Carly, and Jen dig into the Leonardo DiCaprio dating graph that broke the internet, the neuroscience of the prefrontal cortex and why "she's over 18" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, and the wildly different cultural responses to older men dating younger women versus older women doing the exact same thing. They unpack the power imbalances baked into big age gaps, the provider narrative that quietly normalises them, and why the word "cougar" says everything about how little patience society has for women doing whatever the hell they want.

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Today, we're putting the age gap under the microscope. Why is it that a 50-year-old man dating a 20-year-old is a punchline at best and a status symbol at worst, while women who dare to do the same get labelled, ridiculed, and given the nickname, &ldquo;cougar."
Jas, Carly, and Jen dig into the Leonardo DiCaprio dating graph that broke the internet, the neuroscience of the prefrontal cortex and why "she's over 18" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, and the wildly different cultural responses to older men dating younger women versus older women doing the exact same thing. They unpack the power imbalances baked into big age gaps, the provider narrative that quietly normalises them, and why the word "cougar" says everything about how little patience society has for women doing whatever the hell they want.
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Share your personal Fck It items with the hosts via socials or email: hello@fckitlist.com.au

It's time for women to lean out. To fck off the things we will no longer accept or do. We've made a list, and it's quite long, so we made it into a podcast. Three fierce women. No filters. Zero apologies. Join Jasmin Bedir, Carly Pelham and Jen Dobbie as they name everything they're done with — from impossible beauty standards to menopause signs, working like you don't have kids to parenting like you don't have a job. This isn't wellness. It's liberation. Listen in and decide what deserves to get in the bin. What's on your list?

It's time for women to lean out. To fck off the things we will no longer accept or do. We've made a list, and it's quite long, so we made it into a podcast. Three fierce women. No filters. Zero apologies. Join Jasmin Bedir, Carly Pelham and Jen Dobbie as they name everything they're done with &mdash; from impossible beauty standards to menopause signs, working like you don't have kids to parenting like you don't have a job. This isn't wellness. It's liberation. Listen in and decide what deserves to get in the bin. What's on your list?

It's time for women to lean out. To fck off the things we will no longer accept or do. We've made a list, and it's quite long, so we made it into a podcast.

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