Horniness (AKA being sexually aroused) is a special state of body and mind. It&#8217;s a state during which we are much more likely to make risky decisions, not just about our sexual health, but about other things too. What else can make us forgo condoms, or lead us to believe our partners are not as risky as they may be? Our guest this week, Dr. Shayna Sparling, has been getting people sexually aroused in the lab (for research only!) and then tracking how this affects their thinking and decision-making. It&#8217;s a fascinating episode with some good take-home messages about sexual health. (Also, a glimpse into Dr. Zhana&#8217;s personal life and how she navigates using or not using condoms with new partners.) <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/36269286_10156043797568558_4824109014918889472_o-1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2404 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/36269286_10156043797568558_4824109014918889472_o-1-240x300.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="300" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/36269286_10156043797568558_4824109014918889472_o-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/36269286_10156043797568558_4824109014918889472_o-1.jpg 728w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" /></a> Dr. Shayna Sparling is a postdoctoral research fellow based at Ryerson University in Toronto and the National Team Manager for the Engage Study &#8211; a multi-site national study on the sexual health of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. She has a PhD in Applied Social Psychology, with a focus in Community Psychology and in Health Psychology. Her research focuses on sexual health decision making and condom negotiation and the factors that can affect these two processes, including sexual arousal, relationship motivation, interpersonal power, and partner familiarity. To read Dr. Sparling&#8217;s papers yourself, go <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2019.1579888">here</a>, <a href="https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/cjhs.252-A1">here</a>, <a href="https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/cjhs.243-A2">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shayna_Skakoon-Sparling/publication/301649232_The_Impact_of_Sexual_Arousal_on_Elements_of_Sexual_Decision_Making_Sexual_Self-Restraint_Motivational_State_and_Self-Control/links/5b1eaaaa458515270fc456ae/The-Impact-of-Sexual-Arousal-on-Elements-of-Sexual-Decision-Making-Sexual-Self-Restraint-Motivational-State-and-Self-Control.pdf">here</a>.  <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Dr. Zhana and Episode #56 guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to <a href="http://squirtingsurvey.com">squirtingsurvey.com</a> and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! Are you in Boston? Come see Dr. Zhana talk about building safe and healthy open relationships at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on Wed, 3/27. More info and tickets <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-it-safer-navigating-sexual-health-and-difficult-emotions-in-open-relationships-tickets-55996306460">here</a>. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our <a href="contact/">Get in Touch Page</a>! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly <a href="https://www.patreon.com/drzhana">Patreon Supporter</a>! <div class="simplesocialbuttons

Horniness (AKA being sexually aroused) is a special state of body and mind. It&#8217;s a state during which we are much more likely to make risky decisions, not just about our sexual health, but about other things too. What else can make us forgo condoms, or lead us to believe our partners are not as risky as they may be? Our guest this week, Dr. Shayna Sparling, has been getting people sexually aroused in the lab (for research only!) and then tracking how this affects their thinking and decision-making. It&#8217;s a fascinating episode with some good take-home messages about sexual health. (Also, a glimpse into Dr. Zhana&#8217;s personal life and how she navigates using or not using condoms with new partners.) About our Guest Dr. Shayna Sparling is a postdoctoral research fellow based at Ryerson University in Toronto and the National Team Manager for the Engage Study &#8211; a multi-site national study on the sexual health of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. She has a PhD in Applied Social Psychology, with a focus in Community Psychology and in Health Psychology. Her research focuses on sexual health decision making and condom negotiation and the factors that can affect these two processes, including sexual arousal, relationship motivation, interpersonal power, and partner familiarity. To read Dr. Sparling&#8217;s papers yourself, go here, here, here, and here.  Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Dr. Zhana and Episode #56 guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to squirtingsurvey.com and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! Are you in Boston? Come see Dr. Zhana talk about building safe and healthy open relationships at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on Wed, 3/27. More info and tickets here. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter! 

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#59 – Under the Influence of Horniness

Sex work is one of the most stigmatized and misunderstood aspects of human sexuality. There are many different types of sex work, including phone sex, camming, stripping, &#8220;happy ending&#8221; massages, professional domination, and porn, to name a few. But the greatest stigma is probably reserved for the &#8220;full service&#8221; type of sex work (i.e., penetration and all), like that done by the workers at the Nevada brothels. (There are many other ways of doing &#8220;full service&#8221; type of sex work, from street walkers to illegal brothels to independent or agency-run escorts, but the Nevada brothels are the only fully legal and transparent avenue for this work). So what does it look like to live and work in these brothels? Who are the people doing these jobs, why are they there, what kinds of services do they provide, how much do they like the job, how often do they have orgasms with their clients&#8230;? Our guest on episode #58, Christina Parreira, answers these questions (and more) from both personal and professional experience &#8211; she actually worked at a couple of these brothels so she could collect data for her doctoral thesis research on sex work! Don&#8217;t miss this fascinating interview! <h3>About our Guest</h3> <div id="attachment_2369" style="width: 282px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/C5A87D05-5D70-471B-A797-034EC37CF6F6.jpeg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2369" class="wp-image-2369" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/C5A87D05-5D70-471B-A797-034EC37CF6F6-300x211.jpeg" alt="" width="272" height="191" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/C5A87D05-5D70-471B-A797-034EC37CF6F6-300x211.jpeg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/C5A87D05-5D70-471B-A797-034EC37CF6F6-768x540.jpeg 768w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/C5A87D05-5D70-471B-A797-034EC37CF6F6.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" /></a>Christina Parreira, sex work researcher and practitioner</div> Christina Parreira is a PhD candidate in the department of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She obtained her Masters degree in clinical psychology in 2010 from University of Hartford. Parreira is currently conducting an ethnography of Nevada legal brothels; her areas of interest are emotional labor and stigma in sex work. Parreira also works at Trac-B needle exchange &amp; harm reduction center in Las Vegas, doing STI testing, counseling, and outreach. In addition to studying the topic of sex work, Parreira is a 10 year veteran in the sex industry, currently doing phone &amp; webcam work as well as BDSM in Las Vegas. You can read about more of Christina&#8217;s work <a href="https://qz.com/779452/this-woman-become-a-sex-worker-at-a-brothel-in-nevada-to-do-field-work-for-her-phd/">here</a>. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Dr. Zhana and Episode #56 guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to <a href="http://squirtingsurvey.com">squirtingsurvey.com</a> and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! If you live in Boston, Dr. Zhana is coming to you on Wed, March 27, to do a workshop at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on the topic of navigating sexual health and difficult emotions in nonmonogamous relationships. More <a...

Sex work is one of the most stigmatized and misunderstood aspects of human sexuality. There are many different types of sex work, including phone sex, camming, stripping, &#8220;happy ending&#8221; massages, professional domination, and porn, to name a few. But the greatest stigma is probably reserved for the &#8220;full service&#8221; type of sex work (i.e., penetration and all), like that done by the workers at the Nevada brothels. (There are many other ways of doing &#8220;full service&#8221; type of sex work, from street walkers to illegal brothels to independent or agency-run escorts, but the Nevada brothels are the only fully legal and transparent avenue for this work). So what does it look like to live and work in these brothels? Who are the people doing these jobs, why are they there, what kinds of services do they provide, how much do they like the job, how often do they have orgasms with their clients&#8230;? Our guest on episode #58, Christina Parreira, answers these questions (and more) from both personal and professional experience &#8211; she actually worked at a couple of these brothels so she could collect data for her doctoral thesis research on sex work! Don&#8217;t miss this fascinating interview! About our Guest Christina Parreira, sex work researcher and practitioner Christina Parreira is a PhD candidate in the department of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She obtained her Masters degree in clinical psychology in 2010 from University of Hartford. Parreira is currently conducting an ethnography of Nevada legal brothels; her areas of interest are emotional labor and stigma in sex work. Parreira also works at Trac-B needle exchange &amp; harm reduction center in Las Vegas, doing STI testing, counseling, and outreach. In addition to studying the topic of sex work, Parreira is a 10 year veteran in the sex industry, currently doing phone &amp; webcam work as well as BDSM in Las Vegas. You can read about more of Christina&#8217;s work here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Dr. Zhana and Episode #56 guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to squirtingsurvey.com and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! If you live in Boston, Dr. Zhana is coming to you on Wed, March 27, to do a workshop at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on the topic of navigating sexual health and difficult emotions in nonmonogamous relationships. More 

#58 – Sex Work in America

I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard of straight women making out in public with other women in order to attract male attention? It&#8217;s a phenomenon called &#8220;performative making out&#8221; or making out for an audience, and in Episode #57, we invited one of the main researchers studying it, Dr. Kate Esterline, to tell us all about it. Are straight(ish) women the only ones who do it? How about gay women and men? How about straight(ish) guys? Why do you people do it? How is it different when people make out with someone of the gender that is congruent versus incongruent with their sexual orientation? Do people actually get what they were after with their makeouts? Listen on&#8230; <h3>About our Guest</h3> Dr. Kate Esterline earned her doctorate i<a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Esterline_Photo-3.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2391 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Esterline_Photo-3-300x257.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="257" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Esterline_Photo-3-300x257.jpeg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Esterline_Photo-3.jpeg 483w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>n Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2018. She is now working as a post-doctoral therapist at Purdue University&#8217;s Counseling and Psychological Services. Her research has focused on gendered experiences of performing sexual behavior, such as making out, in front of others and on understanding how people conceptualize and experience outness about sexual orientation. The majority of her time currently is spent doing clinical work, but she continues to collaborate with colleagues at the University of Kansas. You can read up on Kate&#8217;s studies <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15299716.2013.755732?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true&amp;journalCode=wjbi20">here</a> and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869562">here.</a> &nbsp; <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Dr. Zhana and Episode #56 guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to <a href="http://squirtingsurvey.com">squirtingsurvey.com</a> and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! Are you in Boston March 27? Come see Dr. Zhana talk at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-it-safer-navigating-sexual-health-and-difficult-emotions-in-open-relationships-tickets-55996306460">Playing It Safer: Navigating Sexual Health and Difficult Emotions in Open Relationships</a>! Visit <a href="https://www.adameve.com">Adam &amp; Eve</a> and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. And if you order before 2/14, you get 10 FREE gifts (including FREE shipping)! Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our <a href="contact/">Get in Touch Page</a>! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly <a href="https://www.patreon.com/drzhana">Patreon Supporter</a>! <div class="simplesocialbuttons simplesocial-round-icon simplesocialbuttons_inline simplesocialbuttons-align-left post-2385 post simplesocialbuttons-inline-no-animation"> <button class="simplesocial-fb-share" target="_blank" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/whymakeoutinpublic/" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.dataset.href, '',...

I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard of straight women making out in public with other women in order to attract male attention? It&#8217;s a phenomenon called &#8220;performative making out&#8221; or making out for an audience, and in Episode #57, we invited one of the main researchers studying it, Dr. Kate Esterline, to tell us all about it. Are straight(ish) women the only ones who do it? How about gay women and men? How about straight(ish) guys? Why do you people do it? How is it different when people make out with someone of the gender that is congruent versus incongruent with their sexual orientation? Do people actually get what they were after with their makeouts? Listen on&#8230; About our Guest Dr. Kate Esterline earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2018. She is now working as a post-doctoral therapist at Purdue University&#8217;s Counseling and Psychological Services. Her research has focused on gendered experiences of performing sexual behavior, such as making out, in front of others and on understanding how people conceptualize and experience outness about sexual orientation. The majority of her time currently is spent doing clinical work, but she continues to collaborate with colleagues at the University of Kansas. You can read up on Kate&#8217;s studies here and here. &nbsp; Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Dr. Zhana and Episode #56 guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to squirtingsurvey.com and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! Are you in Boston March 27? Come see Dr. Zhana talk at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on Playing It Safer: Navigating Sexual Health and Difficult Emotions in Open Relationships! Visit Adam &amp; Eve and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. And if you order before 2/14, you get 10 FREE gifts (including FREE shipping)! Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter! 

#57 – Why People Make Out in Public

Every time Dr. Zhana teaches about almost any topic, someone asks a question about squirting, often referred to as female ejaculation. It seems like squirting is having a moment right now, with everyone and their mother wanting to know if all vagina-owners can squirt, what the ejaculate is made of, and how to make it happen. There is very limited science on this, which Dr. Zhana recently sifted through extensively while working on the <a href="http://bit.ly/squirtingclass">online squirting course</a> that her business partner, Kenneth Play, launched recently to teach people how to squirt. So in this episode, Dr. Zhana and Joe do something a little different. Instead of an academic researcher, we invite someone with an impressive amount of hands-on &#8220;research&#8221; when it comes to making vagina-owners squirt &#8211; Kenneth Play. Just how many vaginas has Kenneth had an opportunity to try and make them squirt? What&#8217;s his success rate? What&#8217;s the most reliable technique for making this happen? This and so much more in Episode 56 of the Science of Sex Podcast. Oh, and want to help us learn more about squirting? Dr. Zhana and Kenneth recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to <a href="http://squirtingsurvey.com">squirtingsurvey.com</a> and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/A0606FDE-32CB-417D-8520-984EAC73B7C8.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2382 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/A0606FDE-32CB-417D-8520-984EAC73B7C8-300x244.png" alt="" width="300" height="244" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/A0606FDE-32CB-417D-8520-984EAC73B7C8-300x244.png 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/A0606FDE-32CB-417D-8520-984EAC73B7C8-768x624.png 768w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/A0606FDE-32CB-417D-8520-984EAC73B7C8-1024x833.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Kenneth Play is an international sex hacking expert, sex educator and coach, and former celebrity fitness trainer. From a deeply sexually insecure Asian immigrant to becoming the most viewed sex hacking expert on PornHub and being named the World’s Greatest Sex Hacker by GQ, Kenneth develops and teaches sex hacks to help people learn new ways to play and overcome challenges in the bedroom. With his accelerated learning approach and playful style, he helps people gain sexual confidence, experience more pleasure, and cultivate deeper intimacy in record time. His teaching has been described as a mashup of Bruce Lee’s “knowing is not enough, we must apply” mantra, Martha Stewart’s step-by-step show-you-how, and Tim Ferriss’ personal experimenting-to-mastery. Meanwhile, he co-founded the globally-recognized <a href="http://wearehacienda.com">sex-positive intentional community, Hacienda Villa</a>; he teamed up with Dr. Zhana Vrangalova to work on <a href="http://casualsexproject.com">The Casual Sex Project</a>; and his projects have been featured in Vice, Thrillist, Elite Daily, Refinery 29, Time Out, The New York Times, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan. He has devoted his life to empowering people to experience incredible sex, and his mission is to make unapologetically explicit sex education mainstream.) Connect with Kenneth via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kennethplaypage">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kennethplay">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/kennethplay">Twitter</a>, and his <a href="http://kennethplay.com">website</a>. You can order his Kenneth&#8217;s Sex Hacker Bundle Course <a href="http://playscience.ontraport.com/t?orid=14274&amp;opid=11">here</a>. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science...

Every time Dr. Zhana teaches about almost any topic, someone asks a question about squirting, often referred to as female ejaculation. It seems like squirting is having a moment right now, with everyone and their mother wanting to know if all vagina-owners can squirt, what the ejaculate is made of, and how to make it happen. There is very limited science on this, which Dr. Zhana recently sifted through extensively while working on the online squirting course that her business partner, Kenneth Play, launched recently to teach people how to squirt. So in this episode, Dr. Zhana and Joe do something a little different. Instead of an academic researcher, we invite someone with an impressive amount of hands-on &#8220;research&#8221; when it comes to making vagina-owners squirt &#8211; Kenneth Play. Just how many vaginas has Kenneth had an opportunity to try and make them squirt? What&#8217;s his success rate? What&#8217;s the most reliable technique for making this happen? This and so much more in Episode 56 of the Science of Sex Podcast. Oh, and want to help us learn more about squirting? Dr. Zhana and Kenneth recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to squirtingsurvey.com and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! About our Guest Kenneth Play is an international sex hacking expert, sex educator and coach, and former celebrity fitness trainer. From a deeply sexually insecure Asian immigrant to becoming the most viewed sex hacking expert on PornHub and being named the World’s Greatest Sex Hacker by GQ, Kenneth develops and teaches sex hacks to help people learn new ways to play and overcome challenges in the bedroom. With his accelerated learning approach and playful style, he helps people gain sexual confidence, experience more pleasure, and cultivate deeper intimacy in record time. His teaching has been described as a mashup of Bruce Lee’s “knowing is not enough, we must apply” mantra, Martha Stewart’s step-by-step show-you-how, and Tim Ferriss’ personal experimenting-to-mastery. Meanwhile, he co-founded the globally-recognized sex-positive intentional community, Hacienda Villa; he teamed up with Dr. Zhana Vrangalova to work on The Casual Sex Project; and his projects have been featured in Vice, Thrillist, Elite Daily, Refinery 29, Time Out, The New York Times, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan. He has devoted his life to empowering people to experience incredible sex, and his mission is to make unapologetically explicit sex education mainstream.) Connect with Kenneth via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and his website. You can order his Kenneth&#8217;s Sex Hacker Bundle Course here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science...

#56 – Squirting School

Happy belated New Year! Given that the holiday season is a time when a lot of people consume significant amounts of alcohol AND get frisky while under its influence, we thought we&#8217;d kick off 2019 with an episode that ties drinking and sexual consent. Specifically, how does being intoxicated impact people&#8217;s perceptions of their own and their friends&#8217; ability to consent to sex? In her unusual &#8220;naturalistic bar study&#8221; (more on that in the podcast), Dr. Michelle Drouin from Purdue University enlisted drunken bar goers and their friends to take a half-hour break from drinking so they can blow into breathalyzers and answer questions about sexual consent! Her findings and our conversation on just how much alcohol impedes people&#8217;s ability to consent, and how our society should deal with this issue is absolutely FASCINATING! Don&#8217;t miss it! <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Head_shot_2.jpg"><img class="wp-image-2339 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Head_shot_2-300x254.jpg" alt="" width="209" height="178" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Head_shot_2-300x254.jpg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Head_shot_2-768x651.jpg 768w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Head_shot_2-1024x869.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px" /></a> Dr. Michelle Drouin is a professor at Purdue University with a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Oxford. She is an internationally-recognized speaker on sexuality, technology, and relationships, including online relationships, social media, and sexting. Dr. Drouin’s research on sexuality, social media, and mobile phone addiction has attracted international attention, and she regularly does interviews for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Her TEDx talk on “Online Love and Infidelity” has more than 150,000 views. Dr. Drouin also serves as an expert witness for sexuality, social media, and online relationship cases. You can follow Dr. Michelle Drouin on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMDrouin">here</a>. You can read the full study discussed in the episode, <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2018.1509290?journalCode=hjsr20&amp;">here</a>. <h3>Monogamy &#8211; Is It for Everyone?</h3> That&#8217;s the question Dr. Zhana will discuss in her first live event of 2019. Don&#8217;t miss it: February 12, 7:30pm, Bar Subject (188 Suffolk street). <a href="https://www.drove.com/campaign/5c3a5bab73df490001c377ca">More info and tickets here</a>. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Please consider supporting The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does by becoming a monthly <a href="https://www.patreon.com/drzhana">Patreon Supporter</a>! Like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our <a href="contact/">Get in Touch Page</a>! <div class="simplesocialbuttons simplesocial-round-icon simplesocialbuttons_inline simplesocialbuttons-align-left post-2333 post simplesocialbuttons-inline-no-animation"> <button class="simplesocial-fb-share" target="_blank" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/54-cocktails-vs-consent/" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.dataset.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;">Facebook </button> <button class="simplesocial-twt-share"...

Happy belated New Year! Given that the holiday season is a time when a lot of people consume significant amounts of alcohol AND get frisky while under its influence, we thought we&#8217;d kick off 2019 with an episode that ties drinking and sexual consent. Specifically, how does being intoxicated impact people&#8217;s perceptions of their own and their friends&#8217; ability to consent to sex? In her unusual &#8220;naturalistic bar study&#8221; (more on that in the podcast), Dr. Michelle Drouin from Purdue University enlisted drunken bar goers and their friends to take a half-hour break from drinking so they can blow into breathalyzers and answer questions about sexual consent! Her findings and our conversation on just how much alcohol impedes people&#8217;s ability to consent, and how our society should deal with this issue is absolutely FASCINATING! Don&#8217;t miss it! About our Guest Dr. Michelle Drouin is a professor at Purdue University with a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Oxford. She is an internationally-recognized speaker on sexuality, technology, and relationships, including online relationships, social media, and sexting. Dr. Drouin’s research on sexuality, social media, and mobile phone addiction has attracted international attention, and she regularly does interviews for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Her TEDx talk on “Online Love and Infidelity” has more than 150,000 views. Dr. Drouin also serves as an expert witness for sexuality, social media, and online relationship cases. You can follow Dr. Michelle Drouin on Twitter, here. You can read the full study discussed in the episode, here. Monogamy &#8211; Is It for Everyone? That&#8217;s the question Dr. Zhana will discuss in her first live event of 2019. Don&#8217;t miss it: February 12, 7:30pm, Bar Subject (188 Suffolk street). More info and tickets here. Before Next Time… Please consider supporting The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter! Like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page! Facebook 

#54 – Cocktails Vs. Consent

<h3>Optimizing Sexual Satisfaction</h3> We all know having sex with our romantic partners is good for our relationship and sexual satisfaction. But why you&#8217;re doing it can make a difference; not all sexual motives were made equal. Some reasons to have sex lead to better and healthier outcomes than other reasons. Optimizing your intimate life is partly about making sure you&#8217;re doing &#8220;it&#8221; for the right reasons, and not doing &#8220;it&#8221; for the wrong reasons.   In Episode 53, Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Jessica Wood about her research on the different types of reasons people have sex, how these different motives affect their relationship and sexual satisfaction differently, and whether this differs between folks in monogamous versus consensually nonmonogamous relationships. Curious about what the “good” and the “bad” reasons are? Tune in to learn more! You can read the full study discussed in the episode, <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0265407517743082">here</a>. <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JW.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2322 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JW-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JW-300x225.jpg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JW-768x576.jpg 768w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JW-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Dr. Jessica Wood is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at York University and the University of Guelph. Her research examines how sexual motivations are associated with relationship and sexual satisfaction, needs fulfillment, and sexual problems and challenges. Jessica also conducts research on the determinants of sexual health behaviors and barriers to healthcare access for people with developmental disabilities. She is currently a research specialist with the Sex Information &amp; Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN). You can follow Dr. Jessica Wood on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/jessrwood1">here</a>. <h3></h3> <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Please consider supporting The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does by becoming a monthly <a href="https://www.patreon.com/drzhana">Patreon Supporter</a>! Like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Visit <a href="http://lip.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=2&amp;aff_id=89">Lelo</a> to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your new vibrating toy. Visit <a href="https://www.adameve.com">Adam &amp; Eve</a> and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our <a href="contact/">Get in Touch Page</a>! For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930239240355951/">Science of Sex Facebook group</a>! <div class="simplesocialbuttons simplesocial-round-icon simplesocialbuttons_inline simplesocialbuttons-align-left post-2319 post simplesocialbuttons-inline-no-animation"> <button class="simplesocial-fb-share" target="_blank"...

Optimizing Sexual Satisfaction We all know having sex with our romantic partners is good for our relationship and sexual satisfaction. But why you&#8217;re doing it can make a difference; not all sexual motives were made equal. Some reasons to have sex lead to better and healthier outcomes than other reasons. Optimizing your intimate life is partly about making sure you&#8217;re doing &#8220;it&#8221; for the right reasons, and not doing &#8220;it&#8221; for the wrong reasons.   In Episode 53, Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Jessica Wood about her research on the different types of reasons people have sex, how these different motives affect their relationship and sexual satisfaction differently, and whether this differs between folks in monogamous versus consensually nonmonogamous relationships. Curious about what the “good” and the “bad” reasons are? Tune in to learn more! You can read the full study discussed in the episode, here. About our Guest Dr. Jessica Wood is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at York University and the University of Guelph. Her research examines how sexual motivations are associated with relationship and sexual satisfaction, needs fulfillment, and sexual problems and challenges. Jessica also conducts research on the determinants of sexual health behaviors and barriers to healthcare access for people with developmental disabilities. She is currently a research specialist with the Sex Information &amp; Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN). You can follow Dr. Jessica Wood on Twitter, here. Before Next Time… Please consider supporting The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter! Like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Visit Lelo to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your new vibrating toy. Visit Adam &amp; Eve and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page! For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our Science of Sex Facebook group! 

#53 – Why You’re Doing It Matters

What is it about teachers that make them so hot? According to the popular college professor reviewing website, Rate My Professors, it’s more than just looks. But how does their rating system work? How are female professors rated versus their male peers? In Episode 52, Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to New York University professor Pascal Wallisch about how students rate and tag their favorite (or not-so-favorite) professors on the divisive yet popular website, Rate My Professors. Does the site enable students to label their professors in a way that affirms gender stereotypes? And while Dr. Zhana and Pascal savor their hot pepper status, some professors would prefer that not to be a factor. Also— do you know the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath? Pascal provides us with some more info on the 1% of the population who is psychopathic and answers the first question on our minds— do they have sex? Tune in to learn more! <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pascal.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2302 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pascal-300x300.gif" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pascal-300x300.gif 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pascal-150x150.gif 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Pascal Wallisch serves as clinical assistant professor at New York University, heading the Fox lab. Pascal received a PhD in Psychology from the University of Chicago. Wallisch’s main research interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and data science. Pascal co-founded the &#8220;Neural Data Science&#8221; summer course at CSHL and wrote several books on the analysis of data in neuroscience. Pascal&#8217;s efforts were recognized with the &#8220;Golden dozen&#8221; teaching award by NYU. &nbsp; <h3></h3> <h3></h3> <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Also check Dr. Zhana out on December 11th at The V Club where she teams up with one of our favorite researchers, Dr. Justin Lehmiller, to discuss one of our most popular topics: gender differences in sexuality. RSVP to <a href="https://thevclub.com/mars-venus-debate-workshop/">The Mars/Venus Debate: Are Men and Women Really That Different When It Comes to Sex?</a> here. Visit <a href="https://lelo.to/ny0gc">Lelo</a> to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your new vibrating toy. Visit <a href="https://www.adameve.com">Adam &amp; Eve</a> and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our <a href="contact/">Get in Touch Page</a>! For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930239240355951/">Science of Sex Facebook group</a>! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly <a href="https://www.patreon.com/drzhana">Patreon Supporter</a>! <div class="simplesocialbuttons simplesocial-round-icon simplesocialbuttons_inline simplesocialbuttons-align-left post-2299 post simplesocialbuttons-inline-no-animation"> <button class="simplesocial-fb-share" target="_blank" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/52-hot-for-teacher/"...

What is it about teachers that make them so hot? According to the popular college professor reviewing website, Rate My Professors, it’s more than just looks. But how does their rating system work? How are female professors rated versus their male peers? In Episode 52, Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to New York University professor Pascal Wallisch about how students rate and tag their favorite (or not-so-favorite) professors on the divisive yet popular website, Rate My Professors. Does the site enable students to label their professors in a way that affirms gender stereotypes? And while Dr. Zhana and Pascal savor their hot pepper status, some professors would prefer that not to be a factor. Also— do you know the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath? Pascal provides us with some more info on the 1% of the population who is psychopathic and answers the first question on our minds— do they have sex? Tune in to learn more! About our Guest Pascal Wallisch serves as clinical assistant professor at New York University, heading the Fox lab. Pascal received a PhD in Psychology from the University of Chicago. Wallisch’s main research interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and data science. Pascal co-founded the &#8220;Neural Data Science&#8221; summer course at CSHL and wrote several books on the analysis of data in neuroscience. Pascal&#8217;s efforts were recognized with the &#8220;Golden dozen&#8221; teaching award by NYU. &nbsp; Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Also check Dr. Zhana out on December 11th at The V Club where she teams up with one of our favorite researchers, Dr. Justin Lehmiller, to discuss one of our most popular topics: gender differences in sexuality. RSVP to The Mars/Venus Debate: Are Men and Women Really That Different When It Comes to Sex? here. Visit Lelo to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your new vibrating toy. Visit Adam &amp; Eve and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page! For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our Science of Sex Facebook group! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter! 

#52 – Hot for Teacher

We have covered some kink, fetish and BDSM ground on the show, but this time we delve deep into the details of one specific kink: pup (or puppy) play. What is &#8216;pup play&#8217;? Who are &#8216;bio-pups&#8217;, and why are they so into this? Is this related to zoophilia / bestiality, or the world of furries? In Episode 51,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Liam Wignall about his research on pup play and the people who are into it.  He became the first to research this topic after it just kept “pupping” up for him in his research on kink for his PhD. Pup play is exactly what it sounds like; people who are into behaving as puppies socially and sexually. This kink has gotten more attention recently because of the internet, which is the primary way many people discover and start exploring it. Tune in to find out more about pup play from its foremost expert. You can read the full study discussed in this episode, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287203114_An_Exploratory_Study_of_a_New_Kink_Activity_Pup_Play">here</a>. <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AbznBMdS_400x400.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2291 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AbznBMdS_400x400-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AbznBMdS_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AbznBMdS_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AbznBMdS_400x400.jpg 323w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.drliamwignall.com">Dr Liam Wignall</a> is a Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University and a member of its Research Centre for Behaviour Change. He is a qualitative psychologist who studies kink subcultures, sexual identities and virtual media from interdisciplinary perspectives. He received his PhD from the University of Sunderland where he researched individuals who engage in kink activities but differ in levels of immersion into kink communities, examining the transformative effect of the internet on these sexual cultures. His research on pup play was the first to study the kink activity, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior and Sociological Research Online. He is interested in social change and sexualities more generally, and is currently working on a project on drag performers experiences of LGBT cultures. You can follow Dr. Liam Wignall on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/liamwignall/">@liamwignall</a> and on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/LiamWignall">@liamwignall.</a> <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Check out Dr. Zhana on December 6th for her next event at The Assemblage, <a href="https://events.theassemblage.com/doctorsorders">Doctor&#8217;s Orders: Real Doctor&#8217;s Debate Your Toughest Questions</a>. Zhana will join a biologist, a physician and a neuroscientist to provide holistic answers to YOUR audience questions. Use guest password DOCTORSORDERS to RSVP. Also check Dr. Zhana out on December 11th at The V Club where she teams up with one of our favorite researchers, Dr. Justin Lehmiller, to discuss one of our most popular topics: gender differences in sexuality. RSVP to <a href="https://thevclub.com/mars-venus-debate-workshop/">The Mars/Venus Debate: Are Men and Women Really That...

We have covered some kink, fetish and BDSM ground on the show, but this time we delve deep into the details of one specific kink: pup (or puppy) play. What is &#8216;pup play&#8217;? Who are &#8216;bio-pups&#8217;, and why are they so into this? Is this related to zoophilia / bestiality, or the world of furries? In Episode 51,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Liam Wignall about his research on pup play and the people who are into it.  He became the first to research this topic after it just kept “pupping” up for him in his research on kink for his PhD. Pup play is exactly what it sounds like; people who are into behaving as puppies socially and sexually. This kink has gotten more attention recently because of the internet, which is the primary way many people discover and start exploring it. Tune in to find out more about pup play from its foremost expert. You can read the full study discussed in this episode, here. About our Guest Dr Liam Wignall is a Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University and a member of its Research Centre for Behaviour Change. He is a qualitative psychologist who studies kink subcultures, sexual identities and virtual media from interdisciplinary perspectives. He received his PhD from the University of Sunderland where he researched individuals who engage in kink activities but differ in levels of immersion into kink communities, examining the transformative effect of the internet on these sexual cultures. His research on pup play was the first to study the kink activity, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior and Sociological Research Online. He is interested in social change and sexualities more generally, and is currently working on a project on drag performers experiences of LGBT cultures. You can follow Dr. Liam Wignall on instagram @liamwignall and on twitter @liamwignall. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Check out Dr. Zhana on December 6th for her next event at The Assemblage, Doctor&#8217;s Orders: Real Doctor&#8217;s Debate Your Toughest Questions. Zhana will join a biologist, a physician and a neuroscientist to provide holistic answers to YOUR audience questions. Use guest password DOCTORSORDERS to RSVP. Also check Dr. Zhana out on December 11th at The V Club where she teams up with one of our favorite researchers, Dr. Justin Lehmiller, to discuss one of our most popular topics: gender differences in sexuality. RSVP to The Mars/Venus Debate: Are Men and Women Really That...

#51 – The World of Pup Play

Do you know the difference between sex and gender? Or what it means to be &#8220;gender nonconforming&#8221;? Trans or transgender? Genderqueer and gender non-binary? Our understanding and language around sex and gender has been rapidly expanding, and we don&#8217;t blame you if you&#8217;re not super familiar with it all. In Episode 50,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Seth Pardo about his research on the gender identity and gender presentation of 170 folks who were assigned female at birth but identify as gender nonconforming to some extent. From defining important gender terms to giving direction for the best way to ask about people&#8217;s pronouns, Dr. Pardo manages to inform and advise people like Joe, who are less familiar with the trans community. We had so much to talk about with Dr. Pardo, that we decided to skip the foreplay this week and get right into it. For more first-person narratives of trans lives, check out the memoirs Dr. Seth Pardo references in the episode: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Visible-Man-Jamison-Green/dp/082651457X">Becoming a Visible Man &#8211; Jamison Green</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Was-Not-Born-Transsexual/dp/1566398401">The Woman I Was Not Born to Be &#8211; Aleshia Brevard</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1459608453">Stone Butch Blues &#8211; Leslie Feinberg</a> <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Head-Shot-2017.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2278 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Head-Shot-2017-300x164.png" alt="" width="300" height="164" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Head-Shot-2017-300x164.png 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Head-Shot-2017-768x419.png 768w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Head-Shot-2017.png 822w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Seth Pardo, Ph.D. is currently a Lead Evaluator and Researcher with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He has worked for over a decade to raise awareness about the various factors that facilitate healthy development of gender identity, sexuality, intersectionality, and medical decision making for people with trans and gender diverse identities. Specializing in both academic and public health settings, Dr. Pardo has conducted federally-funded research as well as hosted, developed and presented workshops on sexual health, HIV prevention, substance use and recovery, diversity, cultural humility, medical necessity of gender affirming surgeries, and predictors of healthy identity development. He is considered a subject matter expert on transgender health and has a long history of developing innovative ways to move cultural competence from abstract ideas to implement best practices. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Check out Dr. Zhana on December 6th for her next event at The Assemblage, <a href="https://events.theassemblage.com/doctorsorders">Doctor&#8217;s Orders: Real Doctor&#8217;s Debate Your Toughest Questions</a>. Zhana will join a biologist, a physician and a neuroscientist to provide holistic answers to YOUR audience questions. Use guest password DOCTORSORDERS to RSVP. Also check Dr. Zhana out on December 11th where she&#8217;ll team up with one of our favorites Justin Lehmiller to discuss one of our most popular topics: gender differences! Visit <a...

Do you know the difference between sex and gender? Or what it means to be &#8220;gender nonconforming&#8221;? Trans or transgender? Genderqueer and gender non-binary? Our understanding and language around sex and gender has been rapidly expanding, and we don&#8217;t blame you if you&#8217;re not super familiar with it all. In Episode 50,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Seth Pardo about his research on the gender identity and gender presentation of 170 folks who were assigned female at birth but identify as gender nonconforming to some extent. From defining important gender terms to giving direction for the best way to ask about people&#8217;s pronouns, Dr. Pardo manages to inform and advise people like Joe, who are less familiar with the trans community. We had so much to talk about with Dr. Pardo, that we decided to skip the foreplay this week and get right into it. For more first-person narratives of trans lives, check out the memoirs Dr. Seth Pardo references in the episode: Becoming a Visible Man &#8211; Jamison Green The Woman I Was Not Born to Be &#8211; Aleshia Brevard Stone Butch Blues &#8211; Leslie Feinberg About our Guest Seth Pardo, Ph.D. is currently a Lead Evaluator and Researcher with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He has worked for over a decade to raise awareness about the various factors that facilitate healthy development of gender identity, sexuality, intersectionality, and medical decision making for people with trans and gender diverse identities. Specializing in both academic and public health settings, Dr. Pardo has conducted federally-funded research as well as hosted, developed and presented workshops on sexual health, HIV prevention, substance use and recovery, diversity, cultural humility, medical necessity of gender affirming surgeries, and predictors of healthy identity development. He is considered a subject matter expert on transgender health and has a long history of developing innovative ways to move cultural competence from abstract ideas to implement best practices. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Check out Dr. Zhana on December 6th for her next event at The Assemblage, Doctor&#8217;s Orders: Real Doctor&#8217;s Debate Your Toughest Questions. Zhana will join a biologist, a physician and a neuroscientist to provide holistic answers to YOUR audience questions. Use guest password DOCTORSORDERS to RSVP. Also check Dr. Zhana out on December 11th where she&#8217;ll team up with one of our favorites Justin Lehmiller to discuss one of our most popular topics: gender differences! Visit 

#50 – 50 Shades of (Trans)Gender

The dangers and risks for gay men in coming out of the closet is widely acknowledged, but what about bisexual men? More bi men, compared to gay men, keep their sexuality strictly on the down low. Why is this the case? How are these men&#8217;s experience different? In Episode 49,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Eric Schrimshaw from Columbia University about his research on bisexual men&#8211;especially those with long-term female partners&#8211;who remain in the closet and why they do so. Why would bisexual guys living in the 21st century in ultra-liberal New York City be so reticent about their sexual attractions/behaviors? Listen to the episode to find out! You can read the full study <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0762-y">here</a>. <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Schrimshaw-headshot-2018.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-2267 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Schrimshaw-headshot-2018.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="252" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Schrimshaw-headshot-2018.jpg 178w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Schrimshaw-headshot-2018-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /></a>Eric W. Schrimshaw, Ph.D., is a social/health psychologist and associate professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University Medical Center where he serves as co-Lead of the Sexuality, Sexual, and Reproductive Health certificate program. His research over the past 20 years has been in the area of LGB health, with a particular emphasis on HIV risk behaviors of MSM populations. In particular, he has an interest in the role of technology in changing how MSM meet and communicate with potential sexual partners and how this may contribute to sexual risk behaviors among MSM. His research has also addressed the unique psychological and sexual health needs of bisexual men, pornography viewers, male sex workers, and LGB adolescents. His research has been supported by multiple NIH grants and has resulted in the publication of over 60 journal articles addressing LGB health and well-being. You can visit his website <a href="https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/es458">here</a>. <h3>Sex or Travel? Most Millennials Would Give Up the Former!</h3> A new study shows that some Millennials think travel is more important than sex. 57% of millennials said that they would give up sex for travel. This is consistent with other data we&#8217;ve been getting lately that millennials are having less sex and with fewer people than previous generations. Listen to find out if Dr. Zhana can pick between her two favorites, sex or travel? You can read the full article discussed <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/31/18043488/travel-sex-transformative-dating-netflix">here</a>. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! Check out Dr. Zhana on November 20th at her Think &amp; Drink NYC series event at the bar Subject where she will be debunking some common myths about the female orgasm, learn while enjoying a drink! Come to enter a raffle to win a LELO Sona Cruise vibrator! Buy tickets <a href="https://www.drove.com/action/5bc4b05d3af7640001eb3477?via=5a98702d8c66a009178d6cde&amp;utm_medium=copy+link&amp;skey=.Fa3">here</a>. On that note: Visit <a href="https://lelo.to/ny0gc">Lelo</a> to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your...

The dangers and risks for gay men in coming out of the closet is widely acknowledged, but what about bisexual men? More bi men, compared to gay men, keep their sexuality strictly on the down low. Why is this the case? How are these men&#8217;s experience different? In Episode 49,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Eric Schrimshaw from Columbia University about his research on bisexual men&#8211;especially those with long-term female partners&#8211;who remain in the closet and why they do so. Why would bisexual guys living in the 21st century in ultra-liberal New York City be so reticent about their sexual attractions/behaviors? Listen to the episode to find out! You can read the full study here. About our Guest Eric W. Schrimshaw, Ph.D., is a social/health psychologist and associate professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University Medical Center where he serves as co-Lead of the Sexuality, Sexual, and Reproductive Health certificate program. His research over the past 20 years has been in the area of LGB health, with a particular emphasis on HIV risk behaviors of MSM populations. In particular, he has an interest in the role of technology in changing how MSM meet and communicate with potential sexual partners and how this may contribute to sexual risk behaviors among MSM. His research has also addressed the unique psychological and sexual health needs of bisexual men, pornography viewers, male sex workers, and LGB adolescents. His research has been supported by multiple NIH grants and has resulted in the publication of over 60 journal articles addressing LGB health and well-being. You can visit his website here. Sex or Travel? Most Millennials Would Give Up the Former! A new study shows that some Millennials think travel is more important than sex. 57% of millennials said that they would give up sex for travel. This is consistent with other data we&#8217;ve been getting lately that millennials are having less sex and with fewer people than previous generations. Listen to find out if Dr. Zhana can pick between her two favorites, sex or travel? You can read the full article discussed here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Check out Dr. Zhana on November 20th at her Think &amp; Drink NYC series event at the bar Subject where she will be debunking some common myths about the female orgasm, learn while enjoying a drink! Come to enter a raffle to win a LELO Sona Cruise vibrator! Buy tickets here. On that note: Visit Lelo to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your...

#49 – Bi Guys on the Down Low

Some people are into sexually aggressive and humiliating acts, from biting &amp;  spanking, to spitting and verbal humiliation. This is usually referred to as paraphilias, or uncommon sexual desires, but how uncommon are these sexual desires, actually? And, perhaps more controversially, could there be some evolutionary bases for some of our BDSM desires? In Episode 48,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Menelaos Apostolou from the University of Nicosia in Cyprus about his evolutionary theories on why people are into BDSM and the research he&#8217;s conducted trying to test them. In a large (though non-representative) sample of Greek Cypriots, he found that over 70% of people reported interest in at least one (and ~50% in at least three) different sexually aggressive and humiliating acts, both on the giving and the receiving end. Not so uncommon after all! Could people&#8217;s interest in these acts come from humanity&#8217;s long history of sexual violence and aggression, from war conquest to forced marriages? Listen to find out more about these fascinating, controversial evolutionary theories. You can read the full study discussed in the episode <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1266-8">here</a>. This week, we decided to skip the Foreplay and answer one of your questions instead! Dr. Zhana and Joe answer a listener question about our <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/45-the-truth-about-female-infidelity/">The Truth About Female Infidelity</a> episode. <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/photo.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-2248 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/photo-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="173" height="261" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/photo-199x300.jpg 199w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/photo.jpg 319w" sizes="(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px" /></a>Dr. Menelaos Apostolou is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He was born in Athens, Greece and he completed his post-graduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed papers, books, and chapters in books in the area of evolutionary psychology. His research focus is human mating behavior. You can visit his website <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/menelaosapostolou/">here</a>. <h3></h3> <h3></h3> <h3></h3> <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>! For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930239240355951/">Science of Sex Facebook group</a>! Check out Dr. Zhana on November 20th at her Think &amp; Drink NYC series event at the bar Subject where she will be debunking some common myths about the female orgasm, learn while enjoying a drink! Buy tickets <a href="https://www.drove.com/action/5bc4b05d3af7640001eb3477?via=5a98702d8c66a009178d6cde&amp;utm_medium=copy+link&amp;skey=.Fa3">here</a>. We have a new sponsor! Visit <a href="https://lelo.to/ny0gc">Lelo</a> to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your new vibrating toy. Visit <a href="https://www.adameve.com">Adam &amp; Eve</a> and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our <a href="contact/">Get in Touch Page</a>! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her...

Some people are into sexually aggressive and humiliating acts, from biting &amp;  spanking, to spitting and verbal humiliation. This is usually referred to as paraphilias, or uncommon sexual desires, but how uncommon are these sexual desires, actually? And, perhaps more controversially, could there be some evolutionary bases for some of our BDSM desires? In Episode 48,  Dr. Zhana and Joe talk to Dr. Menelaos Apostolou from the University of Nicosia in Cyprus about his evolutionary theories on why people are into BDSM and the research he&#8217;s conducted trying to test them. In a large (though non-representative) sample of Greek Cypriots, he found that over 70% of people reported interest in at least one (and ~50% in at least three) different sexually aggressive and humiliating acts, both on the giving and the receiving end. Not so uncommon after all! Could people&#8217;s interest in these acts come from humanity&#8217;s long history of sexual violence and aggression, from war conquest to forced marriages? Listen to find out more about these fascinating, controversial evolutionary theories. You can read the full study discussed in the episode here. This week, we decided to skip the Foreplay and answer one of your questions instead! Dr. Zhana and Joe answer a listener question about our The Truth About Female Infidelity episode. About our Guest Dr. Menelaos Apostolou is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He was born in Athens, Greece and he completed his post-graduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed papers, books, and chapters in books in the area of evolutionary psychology. His research focus is human mating behavior. You can visit his website here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our Science of Sex Facebook group! Check out Dr. Zhana on November 20th at her Think &amp; Drink NYC series event at the bar Subject where she will be debunking some common myths about the female orgasm, learn while enjoying a drink! Buy tickets here. We have a new sponsor! Visit Lelo to fulfill your high-quality vibrator needs with a wide selection of vibrators for all! Use discount code SCIENCE to get 20% off on your new vibrating toy. Visit Adam &amp; Eve and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her...

#48 – Why Are People Into BDSM?

Some people are far more interested in and comfortable with casual sex, a trait called unrestricted sociosexuality. In Episode 47,  Dr. Zhana and Joe ask a question that&#8217;s on a lot of people&#8217;s minds: Are these &#8220;sluttier&#8221; folks (and we use this term lovingly and without judgment) less satisfied in and committed to their partners in long-term romantic relationships compared to their more &#8220;restricted&#8221; peers? Our guest, Dr. Gregory Webster, is the first&#8211;and thus far only&#8211;person to have examined how sociosexual orientation is associated with satisfaction and commitment in long-term relationships using data from both members of a couple! That way, you can measure not only one&#8217;s own sociosexuality but also how one&#8217;s partner&#8217;s sociosexuality is linked to their relationship satisfaction and commitment. And would this differ for couples who were dating, engaged, or recently married? Tune in to find out more! You can read the full study discussed in the episode <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656615000094">here</a>. <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2161 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster-300x300.jpg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster-150x150.jpg 150w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><a href="wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster.jpg"><img src="wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gdwebster-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="292" /></a>Gregory D. Webster is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Florida, with graduate degrees in psychology from the College of William &amp; Mary (MA, 2001) and the University of Colorado Boulder (PhD, 2006). Greg researches personality and individual differences, romantic and sexual relationships, and judgments and decisions about rare and extreme events. When not doing research, he enjoys reading, running, cycling, DJ-ing, dancing, laughing at his own bad puns, and travel. He also spends his time re-reading and nerding-out over A Song of Ice and Fire, the science fiction book series that inspired the television show A Game of Thrones. You can visit his website <a href="http://webster.socialpsychology.org">here</a>. <h3>HPV Vaccines Don&#8217;t Increase Sexual Activity in Teens!</h3> Following up on the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/health/gardasil-hpv-vaccine-approved-older-ages-bn/index.html">news we shared</a> in a recent episode on CDC&#8217;s decision to extend the age range for the HPV vaccine recommendation to 45, in this week&#8217;s foreplay we discuss a new study that addresses people&#8217;s concerns about vaccination&#8217;s effect on sexual activity in teens. A regionally representative study of teenage girls in British Columbia found that introducing vaccines to schools did not increase sexual activity. In fact, sexual activity has decreased from 20% to 18% since vaccines were implemented in schools. Science busts another myth! Read full the article <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-teenaged-girls-engage-riskier-sexual.html">here</a>. Also, in this week&#8217;s foreplay, recent studies have found that about 40% of people have experienced post-coital depression (the post-sex blues) sometime in their life. This is defined as a dysphoric feeling some people have after sex, not necessarily due to regret or trauma. Why does this occur? This might be linked to having positive chemicals and neuroreceptors during sex, that go away post-sex. Comparable to a drug withdrawal crash, you no...

Some people are far more interested in and comfortable with casual sex, a trait called unrestricted sociosexuality. In Episode 47,  Dr. Zhana and Joe ask a question that&#8217;s on a lot of people&#8217;s minds: Are these &#8220;sluttier&#8221; folks (and we use this term lovingly and without judgment) less satisfied in and committed to their partners in long-term romantic relationships compared to their more &#8220;restricted&#8221; peers? Our guest, Dr. Gregory Webster, is the first&#8211;and thus far only&#8211;person to have examined how sociosexual orientation is associated with satisfaction and commitment in long-term relationships using data from both members of a couple! That way, you can measure not only one&#8217;s own sociosexuality but also how one&#8217;s partner&#8217;s sociosexuality is linked to their relationship satisfaction and commitment. And would this differ for couples who were dating, engaged, or recently married? Tune in to find out more! You can read the full study discussed in the episode here. About our Guest Gregory D. Webster is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Florida, with graduate degrees in psychology from the College of William &amp; Mary (MA, 2001) and the University of Colorado Boulder (PhD, 2006). Greg researches personality and individual differences, romantic and sexual relationships, and judgments and decisions about rare and extreme events. When not doing research, he enjoys reading, running, cycling, DJ-ing, dancing, laughing at his own bad puns, and travel. He also spends his time re-reading and nerding-out over A Song of Ice and Fire, the science fiction book series that inspired the television show A Game of Thrones. You can visit his website here. HPV Vaccines Don&#8217;t Increase Sexual Activity in Teens! Following up on the news we shared in a recent episode on CDC&#8217;s decision to extend the age range for the HPV vaccine recommendation to 45, in this week&#8217;s foreplay we discuss a new study that addresses people&#8217;s concerns about vaccination&#8217;s effect on sexual activity in teens. A regionally representative study of teenage girls in British Columbia found that introducing vaccines to schools did not increase sexual activity. In fact, sexual activity has decreased from 20% to 18% since vaccines were implemented in schools. Science busts another myth! Read full the article here. Also, in this week&#8217;s foreplay, recent studies have found that about 40% of people have experienced post-coital depression (the post-sex blues) sometime in their life. This is defined as a dysphoric feeling some people have after sex, not necessarily due to regret or trauma. Why does this occur? This might be linked to having positive chemicals and neuroreceptors during sex, that go away post-sex. Comparable to a drug withdrawal crash, you no...

#47 – Do Sluttier People Make Worse Romantic Partners?

Research has shown that sexual orientation is greatly determined by genetics. We also know that identical twins share 100% of their genetic material. Then how is it possible that only about 30% of all identical twins have the same sexual orientation as their co-twin? In Episode 46, Dr. Zhana and Joe speak with Dr. Gerulf Rieger about his research on identical twins with discordant sexual orientation. Dr. Rieger tests whether childhood gender non-conformity, genital arousal patterns, and finger length ratio&#8211;all known indicators of adult homo- or heterosexuality&#8211;also differ among identical twins who differ in self-reported sexual orientation. And sure enough, they do! (I.e., they&#8217;re not lying.) So if it&#8217;s not genetics, where is this difference in sexual orientation coming from? Tune in to find out more! You can read the full studies discussed in the episode: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321173834_Gender_Nonconformity_of_Identical_Twins_With_Discordant_Sexual_Orientations_Evidence_From_Childhood_Photographs">Gender Non-Conformity</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29978344">Finger Length Ratio</a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-33188-2">Sexual Arousal Patterns</a> <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Untitled.png"><img class=" wp-image-2140 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Untitled-300x286.png" alt="" width="258" height="246" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Untitled-300x286.png 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Untitled.png 503w" sizes="(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px" /></a>Gerulf Rieger obtained a MSc in Biological Anthropology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and a PhD in Personality Psychology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Gerulf had a teaching position at Northwestern University and was a research fellow in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University before joining the Psychology Department at the University of Essex. &nbsp; You can visit his website <a href="https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/riege57202/gerulf-rieger">here</a>. <h3></h3> <h3></h3> <h3>Don&#8217;t Miss This Week&#8217;s Foreplay&#8230;</h3> Everyone is talking about this New York Times article. The Trump administration is trying their hardest to define gender strictly based on genitals. Consequently, erasing trans folks by defining them out of existence. This attempted claim in not only terrifying and dangerous for the trans community but is also scientifically inaccurate. This is not the definition of gender, or sex. Sex is defined by a number of things only one of which is genitals at birth. Even if sex is the only thing the administration were trying to define it is far too complicated to reduce to external genitalia. Tune in to find out more and read the full article <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html">here</a>. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>!      For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our <a...

Research has shown that sexual orientation is greatly determined by genetics. We also know that identical twins share 100% of their genetic material. Then how is it possible that only about 30% of all identical twins have the same sexual orientation as their co-twin? In Episode 46, Dr. Zhana and Joe speak with Dr. Gerulf Rieger about his research on identical twins with discordant sexual orientation. Dr. Rieger tests whether childhood gender non-conformity, genital arousal patterns, and finger length ratio&#8211;all known indicators of adult homo- or heterosexuality&#8211;also differ among identical twins who differ in self-reported sexual orientation. And sure enough, they do! (I.e., they&#8217;re not lying.) So if it&#8217;s not genetics, where is this difference in sexual orientation coming from? Tune in to find out more! You can read the full studies discussed in the episode: Gender Non-Conformity Finger Length Ratio Sexual Arousal Patterns About our Guest Gerulf Rieger obtained a MSc in Biological Anthropology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and a PhD in Personality Psychology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Gerulf had a teaching position at Northwestern University and was a research fellow in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University before joining the Psychology Department at the University of Essex. &nbsp; You can visit his website here. Don&#8217;t Miss This Week&#8217;s Foreplay&#8230; Everyone is talking about this New York Times article. The Trump administration is trying their hardest to define gender strictly based on genitals. Consequently, erasing trans folks by defining them out of existence. This attempted claim in not only terrifying and dangerous for the trans community but is also scientifically inaccurate. This is not the definition of gender, or sex. Sex is defined by a number of things only one of which is genitals at birth. Even if sex is the only thing the administration were trying to define it is far too complicated to reduce to external genitalia. Tune in to find out more and read the full article here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!      For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our 

#46 – Homosexuality: A Twin Thing

Are women&#8217;s sex drives really weaker than men&#8217;s? Are women really less likely to cheat&#8211;or want to cheat? Are they really better suited for monogamy? And how much are these gender differences due to nature vs. nurture? In Episode 45, we bring best-selling author <a href="http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/">Dr. Wednesday Martin</a> on the show to talk about her new book <a href="http://wednesdaymartin.com/books/untrue/">UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free,</a> which reviewers say totally upends our common beliefs about these issues. Tune in to hear some of the surprising insights Dr. Martin gleaned from her interviews with numerous (mostly female!) researchers across a range of academic disciplines, discussions with women living various adulterous or openly nonmonogamous lifestyles, and immersive visits to sex parties and sex workshops.  We had such a fascinating&#8211;and at times heated&#8211;conversation with Dr. Martin, that we decided to devote the whole episode to it and skip the foreplay this time. Please enjoy, share, and get Dr. Martin&#8217;s book for even more info on the subject. <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9780316463614_Wednesday-Martin_Don-Flood.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-2053 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9780316463614_Wednesday-Martin_Don-Flood-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="221" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9780316463614_Wednesday-Martin_Don-Flood-300x200.jpg 300w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9780316463614_Wednesday-Martin_Don-Flood-768x513.jpg 768w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9780316463614_Wednesday-Martin_Don-Flood-1024x684.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px" /></a><a href="http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/">Dr. Wednesday Martin</a> is a feminist cultural critic and #1 New York Times bestselling author. She earned her PhD in comparative literature and cultural studies, with a focus on anthropology, from Yale University. Her other notable books include Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do and her memoir Primates of Park Avenue.” The Atlantic calls UNTRUE “revolutionary” and predicts “it may well set off nuclear bombs in bedrooms and boardrooms.” Visit her <a href="http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/">website</a> or follow her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wednesdaymartinphd/?hl=en">@wednesdaymartinphd</a> or Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/WednesdayMartin">@wednesdaymartin</a>. &nbsp; <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scienceofsexpodcast/">Instagram</a>!      For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930239240355951/">Science of Sex Facebook group</a>! Visit <a href="https://www.adameve.com">Adam &amp; Eve</a> and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Check out Dr. Zhana on November 20th at her Think &amp; Drink event where she will be debunking some common myths about the female orgasm, learn while enjoying a drink! Buy tickets <a...

Are women&#8217;s sex drives really weaker than men&#8217;s? Are women really less likely to cheat&#8211;or want to cheat? Are they really better suited for monogamy? And how much are these gender differences due to nature vs. nurture? In Episode 45, we bring best-selling author Dr. Wednesday Martin on the show to talk about her new book UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free, which reviewers say totally upends our common beliefs about these issues. Tune in to hear some of the surprising insights Dr. Martin gleaned from her interviews with numerous (mostly female!) researchers across a range of academic disciplines, discussions with women living various adulterous or openly nonmonogamous lifestyles, and immersive visits to sex parties and sex workshops.  We had such a fascinating&#8211;and at times heated&#8211;conversation with Dr. Martin, that we decided to devote the whole episode to it and skip the foreplay this time. Please enjoy, share, and get Dr. Martin&#8217;s book for even more info on the subject. About our Guest Dr. Wednesday Martin is a feminist cultural critic and #1 New York Times bestselling author. She earned her PhD in comparative literature and cultural studies, with a focus on anthropology, from Yale University. Her other notable books include Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do and her memoir Primates of Park Avenue.” The Atlantic calls UNTRUE “revolutionary” and predicts “it may well set off nuclear bombs in bedrooms and boardrooms.” Visit her website or follow her on Instagram @wednesdaymartinphd or Twitter @wednesdaymartin. &nbsp; Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!      For more sex science articles, events and discussions please join our Science of Sex Facebook group! Visit Adam &amp; Eve and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. Plus 3 FREE adult DVDs, FREE mystery gift and FREE shipping. Check out Dr. Zhana on November 20th at her Think &amp; Drink event where she will be debunking some common myths about the female orgasm, learn while enjoying a drink! Buy tickets 

#45 – The Truth About Female Infidelity

In Episode 44, <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/staff/kirstinmitchell/">Dr. Kirstin Mitchell</a> returns to talk to Dr. Zhana and Joe about the differences between sexual partners reported by men and women. It&#8217;s been an age-old question: Do men really have more sexual partners than women? Or are there other reasons for men reporting twice as many partners as women on average? Joe thinks it&#8217;s as simple as &#8220;they&#8217;re all lying,&#8221; but the answers are slightly more complicated. Tune in to find out how sampling, counting as well as some degree of misreporting play into the vast perceived difference between men and women&#8217;s &#8220;number.&#8221; Read Dr. Mitchell&#8217;s study <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2018.1481193">here</a>!  <h3>About our Guest</h3> <a href="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DSC_0159_2-1.jpeg"><img class=" wp-image-2038 alignleft" src="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DSC_0159_2-1-275x300.jpeg" alt="" width="223" height="244" srcset="https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DSC_0159_2-1-275x300.jpeg 275w, https://scienceofsexpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DSC_0159_2-1.jpeg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px" /></a>Kirstin Mitchell, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, where she leads a theme of research on Families and Intimate &amp; Sexual Relationships. Additionally, she led the sexual function component of the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3), designing the first measure of sexual function specifically tailored to population surveys. She is co-editor of the textbook ‘Sexual Health: A public health perspective’ which offers a multi-disciplinary and broad-based perspective on sexual health. A social scientist by background, her work focuses on social, cultural and behavioural influences on sexual health, and on identifying public health focused solutions to preventing and addressing sexual health problems. You can check out Kirstin&#8217;s <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/staff/kirstinmitchell/">website</a>, or follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/KMitchinGlasgow">twitter</a> to find out more. To read the study discussed in the episode click <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2018.1481193">here</a>. <h3>Don’t miss this week’s foreplay…</h3> This just in: FDA approves HPV vaccine for adults 27-45! Why did it take this long for older adults to get the vaccine? The HPV vaccine, Gardasil 9, was previously approved for children and adults 9-26, however it is only now being offered for the older age group. The assumption that adults over 27 don&#8217;t have enough new sexual partners to warrant the vaccine is one possible reason for this delay. Even though older adults are more likely to be married or in long term relationships, it does not mean that they are forever done having new sexual partners! HPV is easily transmitted, since it is a skin to skin transmission and condoms are only partially effective in prevention. This development in vaccine offering is important and necessary! Read more about the study <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/health/gardasil-hpv-vaccine-approved-older-ages-bn/index.html">here</a>. <h3>Before Next Time…</h3> Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScienceofSexPodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceofSexPod"><span style="font-weight:...

In Episode 44, Dr. Kirstin Mitchell returns to talk to Dr. Zhana and Joe about the differences between sexual partners reported by men and women. It&#8217;s been an age-old question: Do men really have more sexual partners than women? Or are there other reasons for men reporting twice as many partners as women on average? Joe thinks it&#8217;s as simple as &#8220;they&#8217;re all lying,&#8221; but the answers are slightly more complicated. Tune in to find out how sampling, counting as well as some degree of misreporting play into the vast perceived difference between men and women&#8217;s &#8220;number.&#8221; Read Dr. Mitchell&#8217;s study here!  About our Guest Kirstin Mitchell, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, where she leads a theme of research on Families and Intimate &amp; Sexual Relationships. Additionally, she led the sexual function component of the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3), designing the first measure of sexual function specifically tailored to population surveys. She is co-editor of the textbook ‘Sexual Health: A public health perspective’ which offers a multi-disciplinary and broad-based perspective on sexual health. A social scientist by background, her work focuses on social, cultural and behavioural influences on sexual health, and on identifying public health focused solutions to preventing and addressing sexual health problems. You can check out Kirstin&#8217;s website, or follow her on twitter to find out more. To read the study discussed in the episode click here. Don’t miss this week’s foreplay… This just in: FDA approves HPV vaccine for adults 27-45! Why did it take this long for older adults to get the vaccine? The HPV vaccine, Gardasil 9, was previously approved for children and adults 9-26, however it is only now being offered for the older age group. The assumption that adults over 27 don&#8217;t have enough new sexual partners to warrant the vaccine is one possible reason for this delay. Even though older adults are more likely to be married or in long term relationships, it does not mean that they are forever done having new sexual partners! HPV is easily transmitted, since it is a skin to skin transmission and condoms are only partially effective in prevention. This development in vaccine offering is important and necessary! Read more about the study here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook, 

#44 – What’s Your Number?

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