The Psychological Impact Of Hormonal Birth Control - Dr Sarah Hill

Dr Sarah Hill is the author of This Is Your Brain On Birth Control, a psychologist and professor at TCU whose research focusses on women, health, and sexual psychology. Women ovulate, and this changes their behaviour across their cycle. Unless they take hormonal birth control that is, in which case their behaviour changes even more dramatically in ways that no one anticipated and there is evidence to suggest that this might not just be temporary. Expect to learn why hormonal birth control can make women prioritise wealth in men, why women who come off are less sexually satisfied with partners they chose when they were on birth control, the relationship between taking the pill with anxiety, depression, bisexuality and stress, whether it's a good thing for women to have sex with men who they wouldn't marry and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy This Is Your Brain on Birth Control - https://amzn.to/3g8WCUF Follow Sarah on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahehillphd Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #sex #birthcontrol #psychology - 00:00 Intro 02:23 How Hormonal Changes Influence Behaviour 07:27 Learning About Hormones Shouldn’t Be Uncomfortable for Women 15:57 The Consequences of Using Hormonal Birth Control 29:03 Is Birth Control a Cause of the Mating Crisis? 40:44 How Birth Control Impacts Sexual Orientation 46:23 Does Birth Control Increase Depression? 54:38 Can Men Sense Ovulation in Women? 1:02:12 Looking to the Future of Birth Control 1:09:45 Where to Find Dr Hill - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Dr Sarah HillguestChris Williamsonhost

Nov 21, 20221h 10mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: November 21, 2022
Duration: 1h 10m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dr Sarah Hill is the author of This Is Your Brain On Birth Control, a psychologist and professor at TCU whose research focusses on women, health, and sexual psychology. Women ovulate, and this changes their behaviour across their cycle. Unless they take hormonal birth control that is, in which case their behaviour changes even more dramatically in ways that no one anticipated and there is evidence to suggest that this might not just be temporary. Expect to learn why hormonal birth control can make women prioritise wealth in men, why women who come off are less sexually satisfied with partners they chose when they were on birth control, the relationship between taking the pill with anxiety, depression, bisexuality and stress, whether it's a good thing for women to have sex with men who they wouldn't marry and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy This Is Your Brain on Birth Control - https://amzn.to/3g8WCUF Follow Sarah on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahehillphd Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #sex #birthcontrol #psychology - 00:00 Intro 02:23 How Hormonal Changes Influence Behaviour 07:27 Learning About Hormones Shouldn’t Be Uncomfortable for Women 15:57 The Consequences of Using Hormonal Birth Control 29:03 Is Birth Control a Cause of the Mating Crisis? 40:44 How Birth Control Impacts Sexual Orientation 46:23 Does Birth Control Increase Depression? 54:38 Can Men Sense Ovulation in Women? 1:02:12 Looking to the Future of Birth Control 1:09:45 Where to Find Dr Hill - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Dr Sarah Hill
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Dr Sarah Hill and Chris Williamson, The Psychological Impact Of Hormonal Birth Control - Dr Sarah Hill explores how Hormonal Birth Control Quietly Rewires Female Desire, Mood, Relationships Dr. Sarah Hill explains how natural ovarian hormone cycles shape women’s brains, libido, preferences for masculinity, energy, and social behavior across the month, and how the pill flattens this pattern by simulating a constant post‑ovulation state.

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