Prof’s book reduces love to a math equation that negates men

“Heteropessimism” is a trendy buzzword right now, with female writers lamenting the state of straightness in thought pieces and TikTokkers pitting the sexes against one another.

And a Wharton professor’s book is being lauded as, according to New York Magazine, “an economist’s take on heteropessimism,” as though more negativity about heterosexuality is what we need.