Sex Changing Fish, Sleepwalking, Gays’ Parents | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews

About this episode

This episode discusses the influence of parenting on sexual orientation, the phenomenon of sleepwalking in animals, and species that can change sex.

Episode 110 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether parenting styles can influence sexual orientation, what sleepwalking is and how other animals “sleepwalk,” and the many other species that undergo sex changes. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00 Intro 00:00:14 Question 1 (Parenting and Sexual orientation) 00:05:23 Question 2 (Sleepwalking and other animals) 00:19:20 Question 3 (Sex Changing Species)

People in this episode

Host: Robert Sapolsky

Topics covered

• parenting styles
• sexual orientation
• sleepwalking
• animal behavior
• sex changing species

Keywords

• parenting
• sexual orientation
• sleepwalking
• animal behavior
• sex change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Instagram, Question Submission

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