Summary: <p><audio> </audio> </p><p>This month we investigate unusual aspects of mating behaviour. How many young adults have experience of threesomes (sex with two partners at the same time)? And why does anyone read -- and write -- sexually explicit fan fiction? I also interview <a href="https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psych/people/nmuggleton/nmuggleton/">Naomi Muggleton</a>, a PhD student from the University of Warwick, about her research on women's long- and short-term mate preferences and how they vary across cultures. (I've also covered Naomi's previous work on body odour: <a href="http://psychologyofattractivenesspodcast.blogspot.com/2016/04/disease-body-odor-and-red-clothes-05.html">click here for that episode</a>)</p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2017-05-09/pap-2017-05-09.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Support me!</b><br> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/psychology">Support the podcast on Patreon</a> for as little as $1 and get access to the patron-only feed, including bonus podcasts and blogs not available elsewhere.</p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/harry-hermione-who-writes-and-reads-sexually-explicit-fanfic-777f8269061d">Harry/Hermione: Who Writes (and Reads) Sexually Explicit Fanfic?</a><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/who-wants-a-threesome-no-really-80021a70b5cb">Who Wants a Threesome? No, Really.</a><br> </p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vN-yQM9zoc/WP26oaDthtI/AAAAAAAAB7s/8GwG-HJoNws3gEd7FWeYFfnxGZSHhDCNgCLcB/s1600/threesome.jpg"></p><p><i>"Wow, that was a bad idea..." <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/portlandcenterstage/16364864796">Portland Center Stage/Flickr</a></i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Anisimowicz, Y., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2017). Men’s and women’s use and creation of online sexually explicit materials including fandom-related works. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(3), 823-833. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0865-5">Read summary</a></p><p>Muggleton, N. (2017). Ecological predictors of female sexual suppression. Poster presented at the conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, Paris.<br> </p><p>Thompson, A. E., & Byers, E. S. (2017). Heterosexual young adults’ interest, attitudes, and experiences related to mixed-gender, multi-person sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(3), 813-822. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0699-1">Read summary</a></p>
