The Biology of Consent (text)
ACT I Scene 1 I’m going to be talking about sexual assault in this episode again. Our story of Being Human on Planet Earth has brought us up to talking…
When We Need Her by Fanny (Walked the Earth)
Fanny was the first all female band to be signed to a major record label in the US. June and Jean Millington and Brie Howard are Filipina-Americans who started playing…
The Biology of Sexual Assault (text)
ACT I Scene 0 Are you listening? Are you paying attention? Good. This episode deals with sexual violence. And it’s very long. Because there are a lot of primal…
Til It Happens to You by Lady Gaga
Here's another song that starts a discussion. The lyrics are abstract, about feelings whose cause is never specified in the song. In one way, that could make it a song…
The Mathematics of Gender Differences (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Men and women reproduce differently. So we’ve evolved different instincts for reproducing. Those affect how we think about a lot of things. Neither way of…
Time After Time cover by Pink
What makes powerful songs so powerful? I love listening to covers of great songs because I love to hear how many interpretations of the lyrics other singers can find. Cyndi…
The Biology of Attraction (text)
ACT I Scene 1 We’ve been using the Web of Human Behavior to break human behavior down into areas, and then talking about why men and women think differently about…
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
Here's a classic about relationships. Cyndi sings about breaking up with a guy she doesn't completely want to break up with. She still cares about him, and she knows he…
The Biology of Gender Differences (text)
ACT I Scene 1 People always use their abilities and ideas in their environments to pursue whatever they value in life. They think of more ideas in the process. …
What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes
Here's an anthem of the modern feminist movement. It has 1.6 billion views now. A lot of them are mine. I guess I'm not the only one who's been looking…