Startseite
Podcasts
Lex Fridman Podcast Podcast
#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences

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

Lex Fridman Podcast vor 4 Jahren

0:00

3:38:34

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:

– Notion: https://notion.com/startups

– ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code
LexPod

– Roka: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX

– Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit

– Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex

EPISODE LINKS:

David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/profdavidbuss

David’s Website: https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/

When Men Behave Badly (book): https://amzn.to/3y3bRVM

The Evolution of Desire (book): https://amzn.to/3kyBdTt

Evolutionary Psychology (textbook): https://amzn.to/3LExU9e

Derogation of Competitors (research paper):
https://bit.ly/38G4LMa

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8

RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/

YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman

YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips

SUPPORT & CONNECT:

– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this
podcast

– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman

– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman

– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman

– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman

OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players
you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that
time.

(00:00) – Introduction

(08:04) – Sex vs Violence

(14:48) – Mating strategies

(26:44) – Social construct of beauty

(30:38) – Evolution of mating evaluation

(34:40) – Mating selection desires

(39:52) – Difficulties of monogamy

(46:16) – Importance of male appearance

(48:52) – Importance of wealth

(52:08) – Penis and breasts

(55:59) – Fashion

(58:58) – Body objectification

(1:06:33) – Wear sunscreen

(1:13:29) – Gender

(1:30:39) – What motivates humans

(1:32:29) – Dominance and submissiveness

(1:40:33) – Johnny Depp defamation trial

(1:50:24) – Jealousy

(1:58:45) – Mate poaching

(2:02:58) – Polyamory

(2:14:13) – Female vs Male sexuality

(2:23:11) – Pornography

(2:29:46) – Sex and Violence continued

(2:38:55) – Cancel culture

(2:50:38) – Elon Musk and Twitter

(2:59:02) – Serial killers

(3:04:55) – Advice for young people

(3:16:57) – Love

(3:22:57) – Mortality

(3:27:40) – Meaning of life