{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EPISODE 146: Who Taught Us To Fix men? How Did We Get Here? The Series...","description":"Why are smart, self-aware women still getting tangled with emotionally unavailable men? In this episode, Melissa Roberts stands in the lip-gloss aisle at Duane Reade having a full-blown \u201caha\u201d moment with AI (Viv) \u2014 and it leads to one of the most powerful breakdowns of modern dating culture you\u2019ll ever hear. Melissa traces the roots of today\u2019s dating chaos all the way back to the 1950s \u201cHappy Housewife\u201d era, through Cosmo magazine\u2019s advice columns, talk-show therapy culture, and the \u201990s mega-seller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. She reveals how generations of women were conditioned to regulate men\u2019s emotions and call it love \u2014 and how that conditioning still drives today\u2019s dating apps, \u201cfeminine energy\u201d coaching, and confusion about what real intimacy looks like. You\u2019ll learn: Why the Mars \/ Venus movement quietly taught women to perform emotional caretaking. How fake credentials and pop psychology rewired our expectations of men. Why attention isn\u2019t intimacy \u2014 and how Gumball Love explains the cycle that keeps you hooked. The first step to deprogramming the \u201cgood girl who manages him\u201d instinct. This isn\u2019t about bashing men \u2014 it\u2019s about finally seeing the system that made everyone so stuck. By the end, you\u2019ll understand why you\u2019re not crazy, not too much, and not broken  you\u2019re just waking up. Is he a Gumball Guy? Take the quiz! www.Gumballlove.com:  Book a one time coaching call here: Instagram: @melissajaneroberts  ","author_name":"Gumball Love Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/gumballlove.com","html":"