David Buss: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault.
Through Conversations
English - January 02, 2022 18:34 - 52 minutes - 42.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture Philosophy analysis conversations curiosity debate evolution free speech intrigue morality perspective questions Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
David Michael Buss (born April 14, 1953) is an American evolutionary psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin, researching human sex differences in mate selection. He is considered one of the founders of evolutionary psychology. Buss earned his PhD in psychology at University of California, Berkeley in 1981.
David's Website: https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/david-buss/
Highlights:
0:00 David's Bio
1:20 David's Trajectory Into Studying Evolutionary Psychology
4:00 Mating From an Evolutionary Perspective
7:13 The building blocks of the theory of mate choice
13:00 Monogamy vs. Polygamy.
17:00 Is There a perfect recipe for how we choose a mate?
20:00 Mate Value in the Dating Market.
23:00 Do Mate Preferences Vary depending on the context?
28:00 Are our current hobbies a consequence of our evolutionary blueprint?
30:11 How are we failing to “price in” our evolutionary past in terms of our “ancient sexual psychology” in our current social context and what can we do about it?
38:00 The Future And The Battle of The Sexes.
44:00 The Future of the Me Too Movement.
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