Lecture #5 Sexual attention and arousal in males Flashcards
“A man’s pattern of genital arousal is his sexual orientation”
– J. Michael Bailey
The first quote on the slides
Homosexual erotic stimuli =
pure
What measures male genital arousal?
penile plethysmograph.
- measures penile blood flow or penile drainage
-objective way to measure sexual arousal
What is the subjective way to measure sexual arousal?
Through self reports
why do heterosexual men still show a slight bit of bloodflow while watching other males?
-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!
Genital arousal =
Objective
Self Reporting
Subjective
Heterosexual mens genital arousal (objective) and thier self report (subjective) match each other and are…
Concordant! The same. What they say and what their bodies say are condordant and the same!
refers to sexual arousal that is dependent on
the sex of the human stimulus
Sex specificity
Heterosexual men’s pattern of genital arousal and subjective
sexual attraction in response to human stimuli is…..
sex specific - there is a clear cut interest in females compared to males in terms of their subjective reporting, and objective sexual arousal.
Heterosexual men’s genital arousal and subjective sexual
attraction are
sexually concordant! The same! Wjat they tell us versus what their penises tell us is the same!
The pattern whereby genital arousal
and subjective sexual attraction match each other
Sexual concordance
Unlike heterosexual men, homosexual men’s direction of genital arousal is toward men and thus is…..
Sex-Atypical
Male genital arousal is ______________whether you are gay or not!
sex-specific
Like heterosexual men, homosexual men exhibit a pattern of genital arousal that is…
sex-specific and thus, sex-typical
Unlike heterosexual men, homosexual men’s direction of genital arousal is toward men is….
sex-atypical
True or false: What a gay guy says he likes (subjective) and what what his penis says he likes is the same
TRUE
Like heterosexual men, homosexual men’s pattern of genital arousal and subjective sexual attraction are
sexually concordant and thus, they are sex-typical in this regard
Longer viewing time in Samoa photo study means:
Heightend sexual arousal/attraction
In the Samoan study, higher scores represented…
higher sexual attractivness to males
In the Samoan study, lower scores represented
a higher sexual attraction to females
Were the Samoan males aware of the objective measure of viewing time?
no they werent.
What are the main results of the Samoan viewing study?
Samoan males exhibit sex-specific attractivness ratings.
What is sexual orientation in men?
The maximum value along an erotic stimulus generalization gradient
