#144 This Is Your Brain on Birth Control - with Sarah E. Hill, PhD

Feb 4, 2020

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How does the pill affect sexual responsiveness, choice of partner, or even seemingly unrelated life choices like career or attainment of higher education? And what should we be doing to better educate and inform women about their choices, bodies, and options?

We also answer a sex question: I want more kissing and intimacy in my relationship.

Want to skip to the interview? Fast forward to minute 19.

About our guest: A leading researcher in the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of evolutionary psychology Sarah E. Hill completed her PhD at UT Austin and is now a professor at TCU. She is also the author of the new book, THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON BIRTH CONTROL: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF WOMEN, HORMONES, AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. With more than fifty scientific publications and multiple prestigious research grants to her credit, Dr. Hill has become an authority on evolutionary approaches to psychology and health. She has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and The Economist. To learn more visit www.sarahehill.com