The Dissenter #126 Sarah Hill: Life History Theory, Puberty, Immune Function, and Mating Strategies
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Dr. Sarah Hill is Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas Christian University. She studies a range of topics, applying an evolutionary lens, including the interplay between immune function and mating strategies; the impact of inflammation; poverty, food regulation, and weight gain; hormonal contraceptives and mate choice; and other topics under the rubric of life history theory.
In this episode, we talk about life history theory; how life history varies between species, and also how environmental cues might trigger fast or slow life history strategies. We talk about how it all starts in the uterus; the environmental cues people pay more attention to; how personality and other psychological traits might produce individual variation in dealing with the same cues. The we get into specific topics, like immune function; age of puberty onset; inflammation; eating habits and weight gain; how contraceptives affect women’s mating strategies; and also how technology like online porn, dating websites, and sex robots might tweak men’s mating strategies toward preferring short-term relationships.
Time Links:
00:46 What is life history theory?
04:05 Stages of life history in humans
07:41 It all starts in the uterus…
13:02 The environmental cues people pay attention to
16:01 Individual variation
17:38 Immune function and life history
24:56 Puberty triggers and women’s reproductive strategies
31:28 Inflammation, eating habits, and metabolic diseases
36:40 Contraceptives and women’s mating strategies
41:21 Current technology and men’s short-term mating
45:55 Can life history help us tackle social issues?
48:45 Porn, sex robots, and feminist issues
50:25 Follow Dr. Hill’s work!
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