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[Rerun] Helen Fisher on Why We Love, Lust, and Live with Helen Fisher

The Psychology Podcast

CHAPTER

The Hookup Culture

In a recent study 51% of both men and women when asked why they went into a hookup said that they were hoping to create a romantic relationship. And I think just like what you said, casual sex is not casual unless you're so drunk you can't remember who it was. It's happened in the brain. You really see them, smell them, hear them, taste them and touch them. Any stimulation of the genitals can drive up the dopamine system and push you over the threshold and tell me about it. Well that's what happened to me. With orgasm there's a real flood of oxytocin and vasopressin and you can get real feelings of attachment to the

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