#57 – Why People Make Out in Public

I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard of straight women making out in public with other women in order to attract male attention? It&#8217;s a phenomenon called &#8220;performative making out&#8221; or making out for an audience, and in Episode , we invited one of the main researchers studying it, Dr. Kate Esterline, to tell us all about it. Are straight(ish) women the only ones who do it? How about gay women and men? How about straight(ish) guys? Why do you people do it? How is it different when people make out with someone of the gender that is congruent versus incongruent with their sexual orientation? Do people actually get what they were after with their makeouts? Listen on&#8230; About our Guest Dr. Kate Esterline earned her doctorate i n Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2018. She is now working as a post-doctoral therapist at Purdue University&#8217;s Counseling and Psychological Services. Her research has focused on gendered experiences of performing sexual behavior, such as making out, in front of others and on understanding how people conceptualize and experience outness about sexual orientation. The majority of her time currently is spent doing clinical work, but she continues to collaborate with colleagues at the University of Kansas. You can read up on Kate&#8217;s studies here and here. Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ! Dr. Zhana and Episode guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to squirtingsurvey.com and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! Are you in Boston March 27? Come see Dr. Zhana talk at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on Playing It Safer: Navigating Sexual Health and Difficult Emotions in Open Relationships ! Visit Adam & Eve and use promo code SCIENCE for 50% off just about any product. And if you order before 2/14, you get 10 FREE gifts (including FREE shipping)! Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page ! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter ! Facebook <button class="simplesocial-twt-share" data-href=" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.dataset.href, '',...

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#57 – Why People Make Out in Public is an episode from The Science of Sex by Dr. Zhana & Joe Pardavila.

This episode is 49:06 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2019.

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