Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?

It’s the question on everyone’s lips, thanks to Chanté Joseph’s British Vogue article, where she digs into the fact than women are posting their partners on social media less than ever before.

The article claims that we have gone from a culture obsessed with the boyfriend status symbol — with names in Instagram bios and carousels dedicated to loved-up pictures — to, if they’re lucky, a man’s elbow being featured in a story that expires in 24 hours.

“To me, it feels like the result of women wanting to straddle two worlds: one where they can receive the social benefits of having a partner, but also not appear so boyfriend-obsessed that they come across as quite culturally loser-ish,” Ms. Joseph wrote.

It delves into this idea that women

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