Sexuality
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 5 episodes
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Tucker Carlson claims sexual orientation is driven primarily by nurture, not genetics
“Clearly it's not nature, at least primarily, or we wouldn't be having an absolute rise in it, and there would be some hint of a gene responsible for it. I mean, so many different you know, genetic manifestations have been isolated from the decoding of the huma…”
Johnson: Human sexuality completely shuts down when individuals are sleep-deprived
“Often their sexual relationship goes straight downhill, and we can make all kinds of funny meanings about that, but the bottom line is, your sexuality shuts down when you're sleep deprived.”
Goetz: VCs fund women's career and motherhood startups, but ignore sexuality
“The thing that I saw is that there's a lot of VC-backed businesses around talking to women about their careers. Then there's VC-backed businesses that are like, let's talk to you about motherhood. There aren't that many spaces about your sexuality, right?”
Nagoski: Haidt's Purity Foundation explains our moral discomfort around discussing sex
“The Purity Sanctity Foundation isn't just at work in sexuality, but I think it is the most powerful explanation for why we have moral reactions to just a conversation about genitals.”
Dr. Sue Johnson: Sleep deprivation shuts down human sexuality
“The bottom line is, your sexuality shuts down when you're sleep deprived.”
Dr. Sue Johnson: Pursuit of Sexual Novelty Stems From Emotional Numbness
“You need novelty when you're numbed out and shut down, and you need more and more novel sensation to have you get turned on. That's the way I see it. Novelty is about how we've numbed out our sexuality. Not how, no, it's not about freedom.”