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Seeing Other People

Why Men Are Getting Dating Wrong—And What Women Actually Want

Seeing Other People

Ilana Dunn

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Social Sciences, Science

4.5608 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dating advice is everywhere, but most of it is useless. From ghosting after a “perfect” date to why playing hard to get always backfires, Logan Mahan—writer of Take It From a Woman at InsideHook—shares what women actually want, the mistakes men don’t realize they’re making, and the small shifts that can completely change your dating life. Follow Logan on Instagram @loganspants

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Logan Mayhan, welcome to seeing other people.

0:05.8

I'm excited to be here.

0:07.1

I'm so excited to have you.

0:08.2

First of all, I have to acknowledge that you're the first person that's not me or Jake

0:12.1

recording in this space in the new podcast studio.

0:15.8

It's still a work in progress, but this is something I've wanted for literally four years.

0:20.0

So welcome. Well, congratulations. I'm glad. Finally got it. I am so happy. I'm honored to be the first one. Barkley is perfectly sitting in your lap right now. It's content. Well, this is good. That means you're a good person if dogs feel comfortable around you, right? Is it? I don't know. I believe it. Don't fact trick. Okay. So much to talk about here. First of all, you, you're like an advice columnist. Yes. Yes. You are like, dear Abby. Yes. Yeah. It's a little scary because I'm holding people's let. No, I'm kidding. I mean, you have power. I know.

0:55.0

You have power, but you are the behind the scenes of the Take It from a Woman column for Inside Hook.

1:00.0

Where did this concept come from?

1:03.0

Like, when and why was Take It From a Woman born?

1:14.6

It's funny. So I interned at Inside Hook.

1:18.6

In 2019, I was a junior in college.

1:22.6

And they just kind of were a small staff.

1:25.6

And back then we were even like a little smaller. So even as an intern with like no editorial experience, it was just like you get thrown in there. Yeah, which is the best. I mean, it's amazing because like I would, yeah, I would like go to class and people, my classmates would be like annoyed. They were like interning at like Rolling Stone and stuff, but all they were doing were like transcribing interviews.

1:47.1

And they were like, I'm so sick of transcribing.

1:48.5

As a former billboard intern can confirm.

1:51.6

You don't get to do shit.

1:53.0

No.

1:53.4

I've never transcribed anything.

1:55.7

I'm spoiled.

1:58.0

And at the time, I think I was one of two women that worked at Inside Hook.

2:05.6

Yeah, so we're a men's lifestyle publication.

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