Visual Attention to Sexual Stimuli in Mostly Heterosexuals

Title
Visual Attention to Sexual Stimuli in Mostly Heterosexuals
Publication Date
2019-07
Author(s)
Morandini, James S
Veldre, Aaron
Holcombe, Alex O
Hsu, Kevin
Lykins, Amy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-3964
Email: alykins@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:alykins
Bailey, J Michael
Dar‑Nimrod, Ilan
Abstract
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Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer New York LLC
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1007/s10508-019-1419-4
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/30232
Abstract
Individuals who report mostly heterosexual orientations (i.e., mostly sexually attracted to the opposite sex, but occasionally attracted to the same sex) outnumber all other non-heterosexual individuals combined. The present study examined whether mostly heterosexual men and women view same- and other-sex sexual stimuli differently than exclusively heterosexual men and women. A novel eye-tracking paradigm was used with 162 mostly and exclusively heterosexual men and women. Compared to exclusively heterosexual men, mostly heterosexual men demonstrated greater attention to sexually explicit features (i.e., genital regions and genital contact regions) of solo male and male–male erotic stimuli, while demonstrating equivalent attention to sexually explicit features of solo female and female–female erotic stimuli. Mediation analyses suggested that differences between mostly and exclusively heterosexual profiles in men could be explained by mostly heterosexual men’s increased sexual attraction to solo male erotica, and their increased sexual attraction and reduced disgust to the male–male erotica. No comparable differences in attention were observed between mostly and exclusively heterosexual women—although mostly heterosexual women did demonstrate greater fixation on visual erotica overall—a pattern of response that was found to be mediated by reduced disgust.
Link
Citation
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(5), p. 1371-1385
ISSN
1573-2800
0004-0002
Start page
1371
End page
1385

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