Louise Perry's take: Cold approaches (bar pickups)

Chris Williamson cites: 50% of men 18-24 have never approached a woman in person; even more 18-30 haven't in the last year. Downstream from MeToo?

Louise Perry's take: Cold approaches (bar pickups) were a brief post-sexual-revolution anomaly, not the historical norm. Most cultures used introductions via family/friends/church/community—static lives meant no "stranger risk," no miniature war of approach anxiety.

Original spin: Fear of rejection feels primal, but modern isolation amplified it—when everyone knew everyone, connection was low-stakes and pre-vetted.

Is the "approach anxiety epidemic" a bug of atomized society... or just returning to how humans actually paired for millennia? Your thoughts?