David Buss is an evolutionary psychologist at UT Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology. His current research is on sex differences in mate selection, mate attraction, infidelity, and the emotions of jealousy, lust, and love. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) &#8211; Introduction
(08:04) &#8211; Sex vs Violence
(14:48) &#8211; Mating strategies
(26:44) &#8211; Social construct of beauty
(30:38) &#8211; Evolution of mating evaluation
(34:40) &#8211; Mating selection desires
(39:52) &#8211; Difficulties of monogamy
(46:16) &#8211; Importance of male appearance
(48:52) &#8211; Importance of wealth
(52:08) &#8211; Penis and breasts
(55:59) &#8211; Fashion
(58:58) &#8211; Body objectification
(1:06:33) &#8211; Wear sunscreen
(1:13:29) &#8211; Gender
(1:30:39) &#8211; What motivates humans
(1:32:29) &#8211; Dominance and submissiveness
(1:40:33) &#8211; Johnny Depp defamation trial
(1:50:24) &#8211; Jealousy
(1:58:45) &#8211; Mate poaching
(2:02:58) &#8211; Polyamory
(2:14:13) &#8211; Female vs Male sexuality
(2:23:11) &#8211; Pornography
(2:29:46) &#8211; Sex and Violence continued
(2:38:55) &#8211; Cancel culture
(2:50:38) &#8211; Elon Musk and Twitter
(2:59:02) &#8211; Serial killers
(3:04:55) &#8211; Advice for young people
(3:16:57) &#8211; Love
(3:22:57) &#8211; Mortality
(3:27:40) &#8211; Meaning of life

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#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences

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