This Is the Way the World Ends
Sex is declining because the options seem endless. This is counter-intuitive, but biologically it makes sense.
Robert King
Robert King is a Professor of Applied Psychology at University College Cork. His blog, Hive Mind, is hosted by Psychology Today.
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Manosfear
Theroux’s documentary on the Manosphere tells half the story—the loudly accessible, politically convenient half.
What Is the Evolutionary Purpose of Female Orgasm? with Robert King | Quillette Cetera Ep. 56
Evolutionary psychologist Robert King joins Quillette to discuss the science of female orgasm, human sexual behaviour, and insights from his book Naturally Selective.
The Kind of Man Your Mother Warned You About
Why women love true crime.
What Does She See In Him?
The strange phenomenon of hybristophiles.
Running Amok
An empirical analysis of spree killings finds that two distinct patterns emerge.
What Explains Women's Fascination With BDSM Fiction?
Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex.
Naturally Selective: Female Orgasm and Female Sexual Selection
Female orgasms themselves could, once again, be roughly divided into being located either deep inside or comparatively on the surface.
Reviving Essentialism — Scientific Straw Men
In fact—it’s even more interesting than that. Multiple matings do (perhaps surprisingly) benefit females in all sorts of ways across all sort of species.
Alice in Blunder Land
“Begin at the beginning,’ the King said, very gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”