National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles

What Are Breasts Really For?

Check us out on iTunes! http://dne.ws/1NixUds Please Subscribe! http://testu.be/1FjtHn5 Breasts are for feeding our young but there's another persistent theory that breasts play a larger role in attracting a male counterpart. + + + + + + + + Previous Series: The Birth And De

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What is Sexual Orientation?

What is sexual orientation? What criteria can you use to define it? Is it behavior? Is it psychology? How have these notions changed over time? After all, what is now sexual orientation was once sickness or a crime. These grey areas, and the need to distill them into concrete definitions t

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Online Dating Has Created a Six-Fold Increase in Sexual Assaults | Mary Aiken | Big Think

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The Sexual Fantasies of Others

Despite talk of liberation, our sexual lives remain the focus of immense amounts of shame. One way to deal with this is to expand - with dignity - evidence of what people are truly like. Here, some brave individuals reveal what it is they deep down want and think about. We applaud their co

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The Origins of Orientation: Sexuality in the 21st Century

Sexuality and gender play a profound role in shaping identity, but for much of human history how they are determined has remained obscure. How does sexual orientation develop? What is it? Can it be changed? What is the relationship between sexuality and gender? How do biology and culture i

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Weight Bias in Health Care

Overweight and obese patients frequently feel stigmatized in health care settings, and face stereotypes and prejudice from health care providers. These stigmatizing experiences (also called 'weight bias') jeopardize patients' emotional and physical health. The Rudd Center for Food Policy

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Couples Share the Happiness and Heartache of Interracial Marriage | National Geographic

In 2015, 17 percent of U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity. That’s roughly a fivefold increase since 1967, when the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Loving v. Virginia made interracial marriage legal. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geograp

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Neil Arner on Ecological Sustainability and Faith

Neil Arner, PhD candidate and Faith & Globalization teaching fellow, discusses ecological sustainability and faith.

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20. Teen Sexuality and Teen Pregnancy

Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) Rates of teen pregnancy in the US are quite high, in contrast to European countries which have much lower rates, especially those with liberal attitudes toward sexuality. Traditionally, puberty and marriage were simultaneous. Now, the many

From playlist Global Problems of Population Growth with Robert Wyman

Debunking the Myth of Patient Zero: The AIDS Super Spreader | Real Stories Full-Length Documentary

The story of the AIDS epidemic and the man accused of starting it. When a new, deadly virus spreads across North America at an alarming rate, one man is singled out for bringing the disease to the continent. Spanning the 1970s until today, the story of Gaetan Dugas –aka ‘Patient Zero’ –se

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Public Health Seminar. Communicating Public Health Messages in the Age of Choice

Speaker: Suellen Hopfer, Ph.D. Abstract: Advancing health message design, whether communicating vaccine messages, genomic information, or the health relevance of climate change effectively, requires developing and applying theoretical principles of health communication. Narrative theory i

From playlist Public Health: Graduate Seminars (2013 - 2015)

Jennifer McCleary-Sills: The Costs of Exclusion: How Gender Inequality Stymies Global Development

A public health seminar recorded on October 17, 2016 featuring Jennifer McCleary-Sills, PhD, MPH. The Costs of Exclusion: How Gender Inequality Stymies Global Development

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Sex Myths | Original Sin: Sex

A lack of medically accurate sex ed classes in the U.S. leads to some shocking myths about sex. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe #NationalGeographic #SexMyths #OriginalSin About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploratio

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Paul Bloom: The Psychology of Everything | Big Think

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History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire | Huns & Vandals | The Great Courses

Professor Damrosch guides you through successive waves of barbarian invaders, beginning with the assault of the Huns, led by Attila. You’ll also get Gibbon’s insights on the development of barbarian kingdoms, a sequence of nine Roman emperors in just 20 years, and his biased views on the g

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4. What Happened - An Election Autopsy

In this session, participants analyze the results of the 2016 presidential election. Nate Cohn of the New York Times discusses the polls and shows graphics of shifts in precincts relative to previous elections. Lynn Vavreck, Professor of Political Science at UCLA, outlines the role of the

From playlist Presidential Politics: Race, Class, and Gender in the 2016 E

Porn Science: Female Sexual Response Is Contrary to Popular Belief | Best of '16 | Big Think

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What Your Favorite Boob Size Says About You

Check us out on iTunes! http://dne.ws/1NixUds Please Subscribe! http://testu.be/1FjtHn5 Many theories persist as to why we are drawn to breasts of all sizes but do any of these theories actually hold true according to science? + + + + + + + + Previous Episode: How Important

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The strange politics of disgust | David Pizarro

What does a disgusting image have to do with how you vote? Equipped with surveys and experiments, psychologist David Pizarro demonstrates a correlation between sensitivity to disgusting cues -- a photo of feces, an unpleasant odor -- and moral and political conservatism. TEDTalks is a dai

From playlist TED Talk Tuesdays @ Caltech

Hormones and Sexual Behavior

We've already learned about hormones in the context of the endocrine system, but now let's get a closer look at how these influence the development of sexual characteristics as well as sexual behavior. How and when does this happen? How does it differ for men and women? Let's take a look!

From playlist Biopsychology