Pornography and politics. Nov 2010




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Summary: <p>Can a GSOH snag you an STR? Are you more likely to be dumped after an affair with a man or a woman? And how does voting in an election turn you into a porn addict?</p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201011/PAP-2010-11.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </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&amp;refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><img width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kJMuZ5iNaEo/TetsuekZnnI/AAAAAAAAAXA/FdCAbb4QzYk/s320/recall_marycarey.jpg" border="0"><br> <p><i>When adult movie star Mary Carey stood for election as governor of California, it seemed more than a little bizarre (even when she lost to a cyborg bodybuilder). But new research by Markey and Markey shows that politics and porn might be more closely linked than even Carey had considered.</i> </p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Kelley, T. C., &amp; Hare, J. F. (2010). Pair-bonded humans conform to sexual stereotypes in web-based advertisements for extra-marital partners. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychology, 8</span>(3), 561-572. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/">Read paper</a></p><p>Confer, J. C., &amp; Cloud, M. D. (2011). Sex differences in response to imagining a partner’s heterosexual or homosexual affair. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 50</span>(2), 129-134. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.007">Read summary</a></p><p>Markey, P. M., &amp; Markey, C. N. (2010). Changes in pornography-seeking behaviors following political elections: an examination of the challenge hypothesis. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior, 31</span>(6), 442-446. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.06.004">Read summary</a></p>