wouldn\u2019t have understood the full scope of what this young woman is saying in her essay without the interview, which is short. In the segment, Narin says that men and women in her generation don\u2019t have actual romantic relationships anymore. It\u2019s all casual, non-committal sex. \u201cNobody knows whether their own feelings are real,\u201d\u009d she says.<\/p>\n
Our generation doesn\u2019t have relationships anymore. Nobody to call their own. Just casual. Nobody knows whether their own feelings are real.<\/p>\n
She tells the interviewer that there\u2019s lots of making out and sex, but nobody wants to be emotionally vulnerable to anybody else. The interviewer says that none of this is new, that men and women forever have had a hard time being emotionally confident as they\u2019re trying to work their way through romance. Now, however, it\u2019s possible to \u201clive in your fear,\u201d\u009d he says. What has changed?<\/p>\n
\u201cTechnology,\u201d\u009d she said. She explained that you can avoid direct, sustained talking to real people by using technology.<\/p>\n