Thanks, but I don’t need a youtuber saying what is and isn’t “psychologically destructive” for me. I’ve had plenty of casual encounters and I actually think that if most of my serious relationships were actually just casual encounters I would be a lot better off “mentally”.

So, I’d say the opposite. Committed relationships can be terrifying, destructive and can change you entirely as a person as that is what they demand if you want to improve yourself for the other person and all of that could still be for nothing other than yourself when the other person decides they’re tired/bored of you. At least with a casual encounter, there isn’t anything expected on the table nor anything emotional at least for me.

Does the West need a better hook-up culture? Yes. Otherwise though, if he is offering “personal opinions” based upon constantly changing psych research then I think I’ll just tuck it in the “Youtuber Takes” pocket.