An haifi Bates a ranar 27 ga Agusta, 1986 a Oxford ga mahaifiyar da ta koyar da Faransanci da mahaifin likita, kuma ta girma a Hackney da Taunton, kuma tana da 'yar'uwa da ɗan'uwa. Iyayenta sun saki lokacin da Bates ke cikin shekarunta ashirin. Ta karanta wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi a Kwalejin St John, Cambridge, kuma ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Cambridge a shekara ta 2007. Bates ya kasance a Cambridge na tsawon shekaru biyu da rabi a matsayin mai bincike ga masanin ilimin halayyar Susan Quilliam wanda ke aiki a kan sabuntawa na The Joy of Sex. Tambaya: Har yaushe Bates ya kasance a Cambridge?
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