FOF #820 – The Mind Body Connection
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6 commentsHow is the internet affecting us? Recently we held a public form (with LifeLube) on the topic on how online communites, podcasts, forums, blogs and videos are changing not only the way we see ourselves, but how the general public thinks about queer folks.
Let’s face it. There’s a whole lot of crazy on the internet, and what seemed far out a decade ago is kind of boring by today’s standards. Your sex life is probably not as weird as you thought it once was. That’s progress.
On today’s show we’re revising the topic of the impact of the internet with Dr. Brian Mustanski, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Brian developed one of the first online studies of gay lesbian and bisexual people and is now working on “Keep it Up” an online HIV infection prevention program for young men. The majority of his work focuses on the development of “sexual minority” people and how the Internet affects us.
Listen as we talk about internet addiction, the risks of online dating and hookups and what science has taught us about human sexuality in the past year.
Misconceptions surrounding what turns us on, the mind body disconnect, how pheromones turn us on, why gay couples are happier than their hetero counterparts and the fluidity of female sexual orientation.
People debate if bisexuality is a temporary stage of denial, a transition on the way to being gay or a third type of sexual orientation. A study followed non-heterosexual women over 10 years and found, 2/3 of women changed the identity labels they had claimed at the beginning of the study, and 1/3 changed labels 2 or more times. The study conducted by L.M. Diamond suggests a fluidity to female sexual orientation, but that bisexual identity does appear to be distinct from identifying as a lesbian.
According to a study by Savic and Lindstrom, some parts of the brain are organized more around sexual orientation to men or women than they are organized around sex itself. Interesting patterns of brain activation to same-sex pheromones in gay men (“i.e. the nose knows.”). Sexual orientation may be wired into the brain before birth.
A disturbing fact is that the US underestimated prevalence of HIV by as much as 40% and up to 53% among MSM. This means there have probably been about 10,000 more MSM infected with HIV each year than previously thought.
Same-sex couples in domestic partnerships are more likely to stay together. Compared with heterosexual married participants, male and female same-sex couples reported greater relationship quality, compatibility, and intimacy and lower levels of conflict. Gay couples are better!
And finally, internet sex seeking doesn’t lead to HIV risk behaviors. I’m missing the link here, but we’ll find it!
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FOF #792 – Sex on the Superhighway
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How do you get off and have a good time on the internet superhighway without a fender bender?
On today’s show we have the recording of the live forum that Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós, moderated at the Center on Halsted last month. The forum was developed and sponsored by our friends at Lifelube to figure out how to have fun and be safe while looking for sex or love online. This forum featured three great experts on how the internet is changing our sexuality.
First, Stephan Adelson, former general manager of Manhunt, a hook up site for men seeking sex with men. He was part of the team that introduced the idea of displaying one’s HIV status in online personal profiles.
Stephan currently works as the Executive Director of the nonprofit Internet Intervention Incorporated. He also works as an internet consultant on privacy issues and recently developed National Guidelines for Internet Interventions (PDF).
Second, Beau Gratzer, director of HIV and STD prevention at Howard Brown Health Center. Beau oversees many sexual health programs including those targeted to gay men online in Chicago.
Beau served on the National Coalition of STD Directors’ expert advisory committee that recently published the “Internet Interventions Guidelines” which provide guidance to health departments and community organizations providing HIV/STI related health information and programs online
And Third, Doctor Brian Mustanski, Assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Brian is among the first to study how gay, lesbian and bisexual people interact online.
He developed one of the first online studies of gay lesbian and bisexual people. The majority of his work focuses on the development of “sexual minority” people and how the Internet affects us. He is also working on a study on the health and development of LGBT youth.
Listen as we talk about looking for sex and love online, the mysterious bug chasers, internet addiction and the the hunting instinct,
We also take questions from the fabulous people who attended this very fun and informative questions from the audience.
You can also read a blow by blow account of the forum at Michael Lehet’s blog, “What’s A Boy To Do.” Thank you Michael!
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