Neuropsychiatrist: We all have a soulmate! Young people are having less sex

Neuropsychiatrist and relationship expert Boris Cyrulnik reveals how our brain has already chosen who we will love, why love at first sight is like a shot of cocaine, and the evolutionary story behind love, marriage, and personal happiness! Episode available on all podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/Antidoxe What you'll learn: Why we have less sex today How dopamine and oxytocin influence the type of love we experience Why marriage is a male invention, and marriage based on love a female invention The evolutionary importance of infidelity, but the cultural importance of fidelity Why we all have a soulmate Dr. Cyrulnik is the author of 'When You Fall in Love, You Get Up Attached' (2025): https://fliz.ly/LZply_y Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:37 Young People Have Less Sex 3:24 Marriage Was Long Useless 3:58 The Rise of Patriarchy 4:40 The Social Functions of Marriage 6:06 Neuroimaging of the Brain in Love: It's on the Rise 8:46 The Brain Attached, love woven over time 9:52 Love imprisons, while attachment liberates 11:24 Romantic encounters: a coincidence? Not a chance 14:28 Meeting places 17:24 Mothers' love at first sight after the birth of their baby 19:08 The benefits of being in a couple vs. being single 19:28 The pursuit of individual happiness is a new idea 21:09 The rejection of motherhood explodes 22:52 How to be happy with family responsibilities 23:30 The benefits of personal development 24:13 The origins of the reproduction of social inequalities, from early childhood 25:45 Is there love among animals? 26:52 Human beings need social interaction and connection with others 28:26 The importance of love for human evolution 29:15 Humans are an unfaithful species 31:20 The impact of childhood on your way of loving 33:51 The impact of maternal suffering on the baby 36:12 Compatibility of attachment styles in couples 39:17 The fear of falling in love 40:55 The sacred and warlike functions of marriage 42:42 Arranged marriage, happy marriage! 44:04 Progress is a vulnerability factor 45:49 The reassuring attraction of authoritarian powers 48:35 The rise in anxiety, and boys' disengagement 50:49 Why civilizations collapse 54:32 The sources of current populism 55:33 Gender parity has never existed, male violence 59:25 Bonus: why surveys say men have more sexual activity than women Sources for Notes: Early sexuality Ifop-LELO study, 2024, citing the 1972 Simon report: https://www.ifop.com/wp-content/uploa... Women's refusal of motherhood INED Note 1: https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubriqu... INED Note 2: https://www.ined.fr/fr/publications/e... Schaeper et al. 2017: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.... Attachment Styles Ainsworth et al. 1978, van IJzendoorn & Kroonenberg 1988: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1130396 Infant Mortality INED Note: https://www.ined.fr/fr/tout-savoir-po... Surviving Species Raup and Sepkosi 1982: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.11... Taylor 2009: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/... Palms at Greenland Silver, Reyes et al. 2025: https://academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... Eldrett et al. 2009: https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... Sexuality (end) CSF Report 2023: https://anrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/20... INED Note, 1992: https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubriqu... Find Antidoxe on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7lStMKN... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/100215... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Instagram:   / antidoxeoff   TikTok:   / antidoxeofficiel   For any inquiries: [email protected] #love #marriage #loveatfirstsight #cyrulnik #podcast