#sexuality #couples #relationships #scienceunscripted

You meet a couple, and you find yourself attracted to them 👩‍❤️‍👨
But not to each person individually 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️
You’re attracted to THEM – as a COUPLE 💞
🌟 That’s what it means to be symbiosexual.

Symbiosexuality is a sexual attraction to the energy between two people – to their shared outlook, or combined power, or to something undefinably special that only happens when those two are together ✨

If you can sort of understand that feeling… it may be because this form of sexual attraction is more prevalent than you might think 🤔

Listen in to find out how many people in the Harvard Pleasure study said they’ve felt symbiosexual attraction – and also, to learn about the caveat in that data which means we can’t assume these numbers hold true for everyone everywhere 📊

Got questions? Comments? Strongly worded opinions about defining sexuality?
Let us know, either here in the comments or at [email protected] 📧

📚 STUDY (open access): https://link.springer.com/article/10....
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Chapters:
00:00 Conor & Gabe read listener emails (about why boys appear to be better than girls at giving directions from ages 3-10)
03:56 In the future, computers and phones will 'smell' the air by chemically analyzing it, possibly leading to advances in medicinal breath analysis
06:50 Alcohol, friend & dopamine: Why are we happy when we drink together and depressed when we drink alone?
08:57 Are you symbiosexual? Have you ever been attracted to a couple (and not just the individuals)?