The PGspot - Understanding Sexual Disgust and Desire

About this episode

This episode explores how sexual disgust and desire are influenced by biology and experience.

Understanding Sexual Disgust and Desire explores how attraction and aversion are shaped by both biology and experience. In this episode, we look at sexual disgust through an evolutionary lens, how it developed as a protective mechanism and why it still influences desire today. We also examine how factors such as stress, relational safety, past experiences, cultural messaging, and gender differences affect the delicate balance between desire and aversion. This conversation offers a compassiona...

Topics covered

• sexual disgust
• desire
• evolutionary psychology
• biological influences
• cultural messaging

Keywords

• attraction
• aversion
• stress
• relational safety
• gender differences

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