Ep 12 Prof Nick Haslam on 'Psychology in the Bathroom'

Talking Gut with Dr Jim Kantidakis

In the talk we touched the surface on a number of topics including:

- Reasons behind what made him decide to write about the

Psychology in the Bathroom?

- The psychology of excretion and disgust. And why there is so much

taboo surrounding the gut?

- We also talked about the anal character with the earliest discussion

going as far back Freud and psychoanalysis.

- How earlier anal traits or definitions correlate with more recent

psychological condition, like OCD, Perfectionism, Orderliness,

Authoritarianism, & Type A personality.

- We touched on the nature of swearing and the origins of

scatological swearing & why some people offended by it, and cultural

and gender differences

- We also talked about flatulence and emotion, defensive flatulence

and enjoyment of flatulence, and gender differences.

- We also talked about Toilet Graffiti and the theories of Latrinalia

including the differences between genders.

And finally we talked about the great debate surrounding whether the toilet seat should be left down.

This talk was only a taste or smell ? of the interesting information covered in this book and I encourage everyone to grab a copy and have a read.

I hope you enjoy the conversation