Does Having Pets Make Me a Shitty Person?
05/30/22 • 66 min
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Do you love your pets like family? Ninety five percent of pet owners in America would say yes. And pet owners are willing to put their money where their mouth is- we’ll spend about $110 billion annually on our furry friends. But does all this love come at a cost?
Today we are exploring the wild world of pets, looking at where all these critters come from, how happy pets really are in the human world, and what we might owe to the animals we have bred to be our daily companions.
All this to answer the rude question, Does having pets make me a shitty person?
That’s what you're in for today, on Impolite Society.
Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/01/should-we-stop-keeping-pets-why-more-and-more-ethicists-say-yeshttps://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/05/476853317/should-we-really-be-keeping-cats-and-dogs-and-geckos-as-petshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/fox-dogs-wild-tame-genetics-study-newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/using/pets.shtmlhttps://www.avma.org/resources-tools/reports-statistics/us-pet-ownership-statisticshttps://www.aspca.org/helping-people-pets/shelter-intake-and-surrender#:~:text=Of%20the%20approximately%206.5%20million,00%20dogs%20and%20860%2C000%20cats).
https://spots.com/puppy-mill-statistics/https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2015/06/19/animal-rescue-workers-prone-depression-suicide/28968501/https://breedingbusiness.com/dog-breeding-statistics/https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/5695-report---say-pets-are-part-of-the-familyhttps://scienceblogs.com/observations/2010/04/01/domesticated-dummieshttps://thehumaneleague.org/article/animal-rightshttps://aeon.co/essays/why-keeping-a-p
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Do you love your pets like family? Ninety five percent of pet owners in America would say yes. And pet owners are willing to put their money where their mouth is- we’ll spend about $110 billion annually on our furry friends. But does all this love come at a cost?
Today we are exploring the wild world of pets, looking at where all these critters come from, how happy pets really are in the human world, and what we might owe to the animals we have bred to be our daily companions.
All this to answer the rude question, Does having pets make me a shitty person?
That’s what you're in for today, on Impolite Society.
Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/01/should-we-stop-keeping-pets-why-more-and-more-ethicists-say-yeshttps://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/05/476853317/should-we-really-be-keeping-cats-and-dogs-and-geckos-as-petshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/fox-dogs-wild-tame-genetics-study-newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/using/pets.shtmlhttps://www.avma.org/resources-tools/reports-statistics/us-pet-ownership-statisticshttps://www.aspca.org/helping-people-pets/shelter-intake-and-surrender#:~:text=Of%20the%20approximately%206.5%20million,00%20dogs%20and%20860%2C000%20cats).
https://spots.com/puppy-mill-statistics/https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2015/06/19/animal-rescue-workers-prone-depression-suicide/28968501/https://breedingbusiness.com/dog-breeding-statistics/https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/5695-report---say-pets-are-part-of-the-familyhttps://scienceblogs.com/observations/2010/04/01/domesticated-dummieshttps://thehumaneleague.org/article/animal-rightshttps://aeon.co/essays/why-keeping-a-p
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Previous Episode
Why Won't Men Wear Condoms?
While the humble condom might seem like a bit of buzzkill, this 8 one-hundredths of a millimeter is all that separates us from a world of unwanted pregnancies and rampant infection.
So why is the condom so controversial? Join us on a journey through the history of the condom from cute, little dick bonnet to our modern-day rubber. We'll also explore how condoms' public image has changed just as much along the way. We’ll meet the clergymen and Casanovas who’ve detested them and explore the reasons why men still won’t wear them to this day.
All to answer our rude question: why don’t men wear condoms?
That’s what you’re in for today, on Impolite Society.
Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
SOURCES:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649591/
https://daily.jstor.org/short-history-of-the-condom/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws#State_laws_on_birth_control_(contraception),_etc.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010782413007348
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-007-9213-0
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/you-it/201511/women-dont-how-condoms-feel-any-more-men-do
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/24/study-men-say-theyre-less-inclined-to-use-condoms-if-a-female-partner-is-hot/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/on-condoms-and-commodes-why-innovators-must-tackle-the-taboo/2013/03/28/8dc8a328-97a8-11e2-b5b4-b63027b499de_blog.html
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/06/28/taboo-prevents-indonesians-from-buying-condoms.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859530/
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Is Everyone Having More Sex Than Me?
Today we’re looking into the sex lives of others to see how much everyone else is doing the deed. We dig into sexy surveys to learn who gets it the most and how often really is “normal”. We also look at how sex affects our mood to see if there’s an optimal amount for peak happiness and relationship bliss.
All to get to the bottom of our rude question today: Is everyone having more sex than me?
That’s what you're in for today, on Impolite Society.
Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
SOURCES:
https://relationshipsinamerica.com/relationships-and-sex/how-often-do-americans-have-sex
https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/variables/5057/vshow
https://www.statista.com/statistics/245194/most-sexually-active-countries-worldwide/
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/03/31/sex-decline-americans
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-0953-1
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550615616462
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2015/may/more-sex-does-not-lead-to-happiness.html
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