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Hey guys, this is Mel. 
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Mel, who are we talking about 
today? 

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Today we are talking about Sam 
and Aaron Taylor Johnson. 

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This is a controversial couple. 
Before the podcast Kelly, You 

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Said I don't even actually know 
her maiden name. 

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Well that is, I think you do 
know him. 

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Raiden name because you might 
remember back in the day it used

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to be Aaron Johnson and Sam 
Taylor. 

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I actually forgot about this. 
I guess I forgot about that too.

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I know 'cause it. 
Actually, I'm not going to lie, 

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it goes well together it. 
Does it does both of? 

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Them. 
I thought he. 

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Was Taylor Johnson? 
I know. 

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No. 
Wait a second. 

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His name was Aaron Johnson. 
Yes. 

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And she was Sam Taylor and they 
combined them together to both 

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be Taylor Johnson, which it kind
of slaps like yeah, I think both

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of them sound a lot better with 
the three name name. 

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Yeah, it's funny that I forgot 
that. 

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I feel like my younger self, you
know, I loved Angus Thongs and 

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perfect snogging and the books 
and everything. 

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I knew him before this all 
happened, so yeah, I forgot. 

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I know it sounds unnatural to 
say Aaron Johnson or Sam Taylor.

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Like, I know it's just. 
Become like 4 names that go 

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together. 
I know. 

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Aaron and Sam Taylor Johnson. 
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Yes, go for it. 

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Real quick since last time, 
since last time we did this. 

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I am just so happy you guys are 
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There is new to the club. 
We have Amanda, Kathleen, 

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Stephanie, Jennifer, Kiki, 
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Thank you guys. 

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Wow. 
Yeah. 

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Thank you so much. 
Hope you stick around. 

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Yep. 
It's OK if you don't, but. 

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OK, if you don't, but make 
yourselves comfortable. 

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Grab a glass of wine. 
This is just, you know, work off

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today, yeah. 
Unless you're in the car 

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driving. 
Oh yeah, then don't. 

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Do that. 
But that would be cool if 

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someone was just sitting at home
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This is so sweet. 
Or if you're working from home, 

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you know, pour yourself on. 
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We're so happy to be with you 
guys on a part of your day 

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today. 
We hope you're having a really 

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good day. 
Yeah, this couple, a lot of 

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people hate them. 
They're very controversial and 

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it's obvious why. 
I mean, they got together when 

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he was 18. 
She was 42. 

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Wow. 
It's it is odd. 

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I feel like I also forgot the 
age difference. 

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Oh yeah. 
I think in my head I thought 

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like he was 20, she was 35. 
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It's like. 
It's pretty odd and one of the 

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three words I would use is 
unusual to describe this couple,

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but another word I would say is 
unashamed. 

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They don't really care what you 
think of them, and I don't know 

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what to think of that. 
I mean they it's weird because 

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they seem very happy together. 
But like, obviously, I would 

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always think a situation where 
that happens, where someone 

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dates a teenager when they're 
well into their 40s, I would 

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think that's that's really bad. 
I don't like it and I don't love

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it. 
But it's so weird years later 

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into their relationship, like 
they're still really happy to be

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like, you know who might have 
knocked people's happiness? 

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I don't know. 
That's so interesting. 

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Well, I feel like we'll explore 
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Later probably. 
And then the final word I have 

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for them is united. 
Oh, wow. 

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Sounds. 
Positive. 

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Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. 
So who are we? 

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Yeah, well, who are they? 
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thought maybe touch on just for 
some context. 

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OK. 
I wanted to touch on, like, the 

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traits of men who like older 
women to maybe because I 

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couldn't really figure out a lot
about Aaron. 

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But I came across this article 
called Bono Biology. 

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Oh no, on a site called Bono 
Biology, which is titled The 

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Seven Traits of Men Who Like 
Older Women. 

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And maybe Aaron has some of 
these, maybe he doesn't. 

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But I think it might give us a 
good context here. 

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Because. 
It says #1 might have higher 

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libidos, believing that an older
woman with more sexual 

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experience would be more willing
to act out their fantasies and 

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teach them a thing or two. #2 
They are more inclined towards 

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maturity and competence and are 
looking for that in a partner. 

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#3 They are more interested in 
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lifestyles. 4 They are more 
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They are more introverted, 
preferring quiet nights in and 

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deep conversations. 
Six they are more open minded, 

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but seven, they might have lower
self esteem and are seeking 

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validation. 
Interesting. 

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So we don't really know Aaron. 
We don't know if he's all ply, 

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But maybe maybe some of that is 
true. 

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But I also came across an 
article that talked about the 

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stigma around an older woman, 
younger man relationship. 

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And I think, you know, this 
dynamic is different in that the

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age gap is so severe. 
So I think there was a stigma 

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regardless, even if you flipped 
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It's not just like 22 with a 32 
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Know like if if we were talking 
about like Demi Moore and Ashton

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Kutcher. 
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there's more sexism involved if 
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But in this situation it's just 
odd. 

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But it talks about how like 
relationships like this, they do

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kind of go against biology, 
where because a woman's sexual 

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desirability is traditionally 
keyword, traditionally 

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correlated with youth and older 
women are not usually viewed as 

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sexual beings but instead as 
sexist maternal figures, which 

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is a shame. 
This is from a paper written by 

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someone named Hallie Lieberman, 
by the way. 

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But I mean, people really hate 
this couple. 

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And like I said, I think they 
would hate them regardless. 

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But it's just interesting to 
keep that in mind. 

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I do think people would also 
judge this couple if it was a 

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man that was older I. 
Agree. 

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But I also do think 
historically, maybe recently, it

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wouldn't pass. 
But I do think that that has 

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always gotten, you know, people 
have gotten away with that and 

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people seem to just expect that 
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An older man, the younger woman.
All right, I will have to stop 

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