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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0:00 – Introduction
2:19 – Sex vs Violence
9:04 – Mating strategies
21:00 – Social construct of beauty
24:54 – Evolution of mating evaluation
28:56 – Mating selection desires
34:08 – Difficulties of monogamy
40:32 – Importance of male appearance
43:08 – Importance of wealth
46:23 – Penis and breasts
50:15 – Fashion
53:14 – Body objectification
1:00:49 – Wear sunscreen
1:07:45 – Gender
1:24:54 – What motivates humans
1:26:44 – Dominance and submissiveness
1:34:49 – Johnny Depp defamation trial
1:44:40 – Jealousy
1:53:00 – Mate poaching
1:57:13 – Polyamory
2:08:29 – Female vs Male sexuality
2:17:27 – Pornography
2:24:01 – Sex and Violence continued
2:33:10 – Cancel culture
2:44:54 – Elon Musk and Twitter
2:53:18 – Serial killers
2:59:11 – Advice for young people
3:11:12 – Love
3:17:13 – Mortality
3:21:56 – Meaning of life
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