Threesomes & Consensual Non-Monogamy ft. Ryan Scoats
Today Erika interviews Ryan Scoats, PhD, a lecturer at Coventry University in Sociology. Much of his work focuses on people’s monogamy, sexuality, masculinity, and friendship among men. They talked about threesomes, one of the most common fantasies expressed by adults. Erika and Ryan talked about his book, Understanding Threesomes: Gender, Sex, and Consensual Non-Monogamy.
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What we talked about
- Since Ryan wrote the book, Understand Threesomes: Gender, Sex, And Consensual Non-Monogamy he’s going to lead the charge in our conversation today.
- What got you started in research into threesomes? Also I love the story you told in the book about the looks you get when you say what you studied.
- You talked about the monogamy gap… what does that mean? Also the take away from some of the research in regards to infidelity and consensual-non monogamy was fascinating…
- The cultural role of jealousy, let’s talk about it! I often am helping client’s pre-prepare for jealousy. Many of which depending on the person can work on it and alleviate it…
- So why do people have threesomes… y’all he has a whole chapter so you are getting the shortened version.
Pornhub’s Year in Review 2019 (Warning, this will take you to a porn site, you must be 18+ in the United States to access this site and this is not a “Safe for Work” site).
More about Ryan
Ryan Scoats gained his BA (Hons) and Masters of Research from the University of Bath, and his PhD from the University of Winchester, studying under Professor Eric Anderson. He has previously been a lecturer in Sports Sociology at both Wolverhampton and Winchester Universities, and a researcher at Birmingham City University. He is currently a Lecturer in Sociology at Coventry University. Much of his work focuses on people’s experiences of multi-sex threesomes and has been featured in a variety of media outlets.
Utilizing a sociological perspective, his threesome research aims to fill a gap in academic knowledge around group sex as well as reducing the stigma around this behaviour and encouraging more open and honest dialogues around sexual desires.
Where to find Ryan
In the episode, Ryan tells us not to buy his book because it is a text book. If you're interested, I've linked to it but be warned that it is quite expensive for a casual read. https://amzn.to/3cT8Kmo
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