Lecture #7 Female Sexual Arousal Flashcards
what do we use for female vaginal arousal measurment?
Vaginal photoplethysmograph
-emits and detects light.
-The light source illuminates the capillary bed of the vaginal wall and the blood circulating within it.
-the vaginal pulse amplitude has been found to be reliable in assessing the increase in blood flow during sexual arousal
Using a vaginal photoplethysmograph, how can we tell when a woman is unaroused?
There is a pink hue. (Less light gets picked up).
Using a vaginal photoplethysmograph, how can we tell when a woman is aroused?
More light is refracted off of the pink wall of the vaginal wall and becomes a dark purple hue.
-Light reflects more when aroused.
Is heterosexual women’s sexual arousal sex specific? (Is thier abilty to be turned on only done by a certain sex?)
NO! When looking at the graph, they abilty to get turned on by either men or women is vitually the same. So no, a hterosexual women’s sexual arousal is NOT SEX SPECIFIC!
Are their sex differences between hetero men and hetero women in terms of sex specifity in genital arousal?
YES!
-Hetero men show a clear distinction on what turns them on. (Women obviously).
-Hetero women DO NOT show a sex specific preferences when looking at their objective genital arousal.
Heterosexual women are genitally aroused when they see….
men or women
-Sex has to be the trigger because the sex of the actors DO NOT MATTER
Is heterosexual women’s subjective sexual attraction sex specific?
Also NO! There is no difference in sexual feelings whether they view females or males.
-It is non-contingent! (Their feelings or arousal is not dependant on the viewing of one sex or another).
Subjective sexual attraction for heterosexual females is….
Non-sex specifc!
Subjective sexual attraction for heterosexual males is….
Sex specific!
Sex specifity is present in…
heteromen but not hetero women!
Non-sex specifity is present in….
heterowomen but not hetero men!
Hetero sexual women’s subjective sexual feelings their objective genital arousal……
are NOT sexually concordant ! They seem to under report wheras their sexual arousal tells us they are more sexually interested than what they are telling us!
Subjective sexual feelings in hetero sexual women is
Non sex specific!
Although their sexual arousal and subjective feelings are incordant (dont align), hetero women both tend (very very small percentage higher) to like watching women (lesbians) having sex more than men.
In addition to their favourite: (sex, no violence, and consent), hetero women are also vaginally aroused to…..
Non preffered sexual activities such as:
-sex, violence, consent.
-sex, violence, no consent.
-sex, no violence, no consent.
What are the female sexual orientation differences between hetro women and homo (lesbian) women in terms of subjective sexual feelings?
Lesbians are more sex specific than heterosexual women in terms of subjective sexual attraction.
Like heterosexual women, lesbian vaginal arousal is not sex specific
when shown
high intensity sexual stimuli
Lesbians are more sex specific than heterosexual women in terms of vaginal arousal when shown
low intensity sexual stimuli
Monosexuality?
Monosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction to members of one sex or gender only.
What sexual combination is favoured most by heterosexual women
Sex, consent, no violence.
Lesbians are more sex specific than heterosexual women in terms of vaginal arousal when shown..
low intensity sexual stimuli
Although they have higher sex specificty than heterosexual women in terms of vaginal arousal, lesbians exhibit less sex specific genital arousal than…
monosexual men
Lesbians are more vaginally aroused than they think by men! (Way more than they subjectively report).
Refers to the degree to which two aspects of human sexual arousal (genital response and self-reported sexual arousal) correspond with each other.
Sexual concordance
