Dr Robert King is a psychologist, professor at University College Cork, and researcher on the evolutionary function of female orgasm.

What makes the female orgasm so mysterious? For generations, men across the globe have sought to decipher it, and many women share their curiosity as well. So why does the female orgasm even exist? What’s its evolutionary purpose? And have scientists like Dr. Robert King finally cracked the code?

Expect to learn what most people don’t understand about the female orgasm, why women have multiple orgasms and men don’t, the biggest predictors of the female orgasm, how much female desire of men is driven by other female’s desire of those men, what women want in men sexually, if penis size and length are as bog of factors as men tend to think, if there are similarities in reproductive anatomy across males and females, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(0:00) How Do You Get into Studying the Female Orgasm?

(2:23) What Does Sex Research Look Like?

(4:42) Misconceptions About the Female Orgasm

(11:16) How is the Female Orgasm Adaptive?

(24:38) What are the Biggest Predictors of Female Orgasms?

(28:26) Intrasexual Competition

(46:27) Catherine Salmon and the Dark Romance Genre

(52:42) Romanticisation of the Lesser Man

(54:45) Does Size Matter?

(58:59) Why is Ease of Orgasm So Varied?

(01:11:22) Do Orgasms Differ Depending on Sexual Relationships?

(01:16:19) Characterising Modern Sex Culture

(01:27:23) Find Out More About Dr Robert

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