Ep.022 - Hooking Up With Dr. Aditi Paul
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Welcome to the Sex With My Ex podcast!
Your hosts are Kitty and Johnson, and we can’t wait to dive head first into all of the delicious, intriguing, funny and fun things that are sex.
This week Kitty & Johnson are joined by the extremely intelligent and gorgeous Dr. Aditi Paul who is a mixed-methods researcher, professor and author based in New York City.
She uses her multi-disciplinary background in computer science and communication studies to examine the impact of using human-centred technologies like social networking sites and online dating services.
Aditi’s research has been published in top academic journals and has been featured in prominent media outlets such as The Washington Post, Women’s Health, The Telegraph UK, Huffington Post and NBCNews.
“What’s Hot and What’s Not?” features saucy NY City weather and those tight, tight man shorts as well as videos of Kitty’s butt fitting into her tight, tight shorts. We all share our love for post-orgasm cuddles and Aditi talks about her 5 minute whirlwind experience of Feeld.
Johnson’s What’s Not Hot is… penis shaming and we are getting right up on board that train. Let’s go ahead and say ALL body shaming of ALL genders is a big NOT HOT from us in the SWME podcast family.
To kick-off the whole conversation about the hook-up culture Johnson tells an incredibly confusing and hilarious story about his awkward first experience of hooking up when he was 12.
Aditi shares some fascinating data that she has collected through her research. Even the way we talk about “hooking up” (as in engaging in some type of sexual act) differentiates between genders, with female-identifying using much more generalised language and male-identifying using explicit descriptions in conversation.
As part of Aditi’s study she looked at the indicators of sexual assault and how individual’s identified acts within their own personal experiences. She was surprised to find that 1 in 4 males stated that they had been touched inappropriately without consent by an intimate partner and even more surprised to find that the majority of the time this is not being identified as sexual assault.
Johnson speaks about the transition that a lot of us go through from conquest mode to more consciousness around intimacy. In her research with Gen X individuals one of the major differences Aditi found was how much more openly and curiously this generation is exploring their sexual orientation. There are a huge percentage (more than ever before) who are identifying outside of being straight. Their awareness of sexuality and ability to access more information about it is a lot more vast and varied.
The theme for just Quiz on My Face is… animal sex. Aditi jumps on in and guesses alongside Kitty.
Our gorgeous friend Kelly Gordon from Hot Octopuss pops in to help to announce the winners from our competition!
Dr. Aditi gives possibly the best answer ever when Kitty asks her what message she would love to leave behind… “Just fu*k shit up. As fast as you can. As badly as you can. As maniacally as you can. Just run yourself to the absolute motherfu*king ground and then build yourself up from there because that’s how you know yourself.”
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Book - "The Current Collegiate Hookup Culture: Dating Apps, Hookup Scripts, and Sexual Outcomes,"
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