Yes, the lecture was fascinating (although it didn't address these evolutionary issues that come to my mind). It presented an experiment in which people were faced with conformist pressures and how they behaved. One person was put in a room and asked to fill out a survey. Then smoke was pumped under the door to make it appear that there was a fire in an adjacent room. Subject became visibly disturbed and within 2 minutes took action to investigate and report the apparent fire. Same circumstances repeated except 15 other people were put in the room along with the subject and the additional people instructed to ignore the smoke. Subject became visibly disturbed in 2 minutes but took no action for 20 minutes, presumably because eveyone else was ignoring it.
Also showed some old Candid Camera clips. Subject is in an elevator facing the door. Additional people get on the elevator and face the back wall. If it's only 2 people, subject will continue to face the door. When 3 people face the back wall, subject will turn around and also face the back wall.

There were also images of the Supreme Court arrayed in their conformist black robes. Some of the pictures had the female justices wearing little frilly collars. Some didn't. I brought up the question of whether the fact that the majority of Justices are now Catholic, plays into the courts conformity or non-conformity.
The sexuality component came to my mind because the professor, who is a friend of mine, is about the most non-conformist lesbian you can imagine. She had asked the 'class' to reflect on what conditions conformity might be beneficial and it had occurred to me that conformity to a woman's expections might enhance a guy's chances of getting laid.

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