Lecture #5 Sexual attention and arousal in males

Question 1

“A man’s pattern of genital arousal is his sexual orientation”

– J. Michael Bailey

Answer 1

The first quote on the slides

Question 2

Homosexual erotic stimuli =

Answer 2

pure

Question 3

What measures male genital arousal?

Answer 3

penile plethysmograph.

• measures penile blood flow or penile drainage
  -objective way to measure sexual arousal

Question 4

What is the subjective way to measure sexual arousal?

Answer 4

Through self reports

Question 5

why do heterosexual men still show a slight bit of bloodflow while watching other males?

Answer 5

-Still sexual activity taking place.
-Skin showing, naked bodies.
-Have two arms and two legs like a woman does.

However, this does not indicate bisexuality!

Question 6

Genital arousal =

Answer 6

Objective

Question 7

Self Reporting

Answer 7

Subjective

Question 8

Heterosexual mens genital arousal (objective) and thier self report (subjective) match each other and are…

Answer 8

Concordant! The same. What they say and what their bodies say are condordant and the same!

Question 9

refers to sexual arousal that is dependent on
the sex of the human stimulus

Answer 9

Sex specificity

Question 10

Heterosexual men’s pattern of genital arousal and subjective
sexual attraction in response to human stimuli is…..

Answer 10

sex specific - there is a clear cut interest in females compared to males in terms of their subjective reporting, and objective sexual arousal.

Question 11

Heterosexual men’s genital arousal and subjective sexual
attraction are

Answer 11

sexually concordant! The same! Wjat they tell us versus what their penises tell us is the same!

Question 12

The pattern whereby genital arousal
and subjective sexual attraction match each other

Answer 12

Sexual concordance

Question 13

Unlike heterosexual men, homosexual men’s direction of genital arousal is toward men and thus is…..

Answer 13

Sex-Atypical

Question 14

Male genital arousal is ______________whether you are gay or not!

Answer 14

sex-specific

Question 15

Like heterosexual men, homosexual men exhibit a pattern of genital arousal that is…

Answer 15

sex-specific and thus, sex-typical

Question 16

Unlike heterosexual men, homosexual men’s direction of genital arousal is toward men is….

Answer 16

sex-atypical

Question 17

True or false: What a gay guy says he likes (subjective) and what what his penis says he likes is the same

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

Like heterosexual men, homosexual men’s pattern of genital arousal and subjective sexual attraction are

Answer 18

sexually concordant and thus, they are sex-typical in this regard

Question 19

Longer viewing time in Samoa photo study means:

Answer 19

Heightend sexual arousal/attraction

Question 20

In the Samoan study, higher scores represented…

Answer 20

higher sexual attractivness to males

Question 21

In the Samoan study, lower scores represented

Answer 21

a higher sexual attraction to females

Question 22

Were the Samoan males aware of the objective measure of viewing time?

Answer 22

no they werent.

Question 23

What are the main results of the Samoan viewing study?

Answer 23

Samoan males exhibit sex-specific attractivness ratings.

Question 24

What is sexual orientation in men?

Answer 24

The maximum value along an erotic stimulus generalization gradient

Question 25

what is the morphological distance between adult female and adult males on the erotic stimulus generalization gradient?

Answer 25

5.5 morphological distances

Question 26

Heterosexual men are subjectively and gentitally aroused to what kind of sex?

Answer 26

consensual, non violent sex

Question 27

Male to Female is what kind of person now?

Answer 27

TransWoman

Question 28

MtF trans women (aka born a male) exhibit a what kind of pattern of genital arousal? male-typical pattern of genital arousal?

Answer 28

male-typical pattern of genital arousal.
-> Trans women tend to be genetically aroused by women still! Interesting!

positive scores indicated greater arousal to male stimuli,
and negative scores indicated greater arousal to female stimuli.
(Chivers study!)

Question 29

people who identify themselves as having a third gender or non-binary role in Samoa. Are androphilic.

Answer 29

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