Do women not know when they are physically?

aroused? Some women on here stated women are turned on mentally and that their body will react physically if they see anything sexual, no matter what it is, even monkeys mating, and a woman may not even know it. There was a study that stated this.


However, there are women who disagree saying they know when they are physically turned on and it matches what mentally turns them on, which isn't animals or the gender they don't like.





So will women only become turned on if they are mentally turned on? Do women's bodies react to everything sexual, even bonobos mating?


Why are some women not so sure about their sexuality and what turns them on, but some are?



idk about other women but watching hockey (the NHL) does it for me.





and if they make a sequel to 300 I'll be watching it in the privacy of my bedroom. *fans self*





>monkeys mating





LOL I KNOW when I'm aroused...and movies about large primates don't do it! I was muc htoo busy loling at the chick screaming her lungs out! Now, Braveheart. LOTR, and 300.. now that's hot!





Those are some strange women, but w/e floats their boat...




Women are usually more in tune to mental stimulation, verses males are visually attracted to something.





To make it a bit more clear: a man would watch a porno, while a woman would read a sexual romance novel.





Hope that clears it up! :)




You're getting so many contradictory from women about their sexuality, I told you.. or, I told someone, most women don't know sh!t about their sexuality.





Women love male attention, their sexuality revolves around how much they are desired.




Korina got it all right.





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Of course we do.




Well erections for men doesn't always mean the guy is aroused. If one of your male buddies kept rubbing your crotch the right way for a period of time, you're bound to get hard - it doesn't necessarily mean you're gay or bi. It's just physical stimulation. To me, that's physical arousal for men - not mental arousal though. Anything can get you hard if it rubs you the right way, lol.





For women, it might be different. Maybe seeing sexual things automatically sends blood to the vagina causing a slight physical arousal, but not necessarily mental arousal.





By nature, this sending of blood to the vagina is probably the first stage to getting the vagina ready for stimulation (getting it wet and loosening it). That study you're talking about didn't mean to say that the women were dripping wet - just that blood was sent to the vagina. The next stage of this physical arousal of the vagina is to get it a bit looser and get it dripping wet - this is where mental arousal comes into play. If the woman is exposed to what she likes (i.e. a gorgeous man) then this will get her to the full physical arousal - the widening and full lubrication of the vagina.





That's just what I think.





And yes, I do know what I like. How about a naked Philip Olivier laying on my bed with his hands crossed under his head? :)





@Out of the blue - the scene with the nude man wasn't sexual though - he was just walking along the beach normally (and who knows if he was an attractive man or some old guy? lmfao). The women showed some arousal only to sex-related things, such as a nude person performing something, not just walking.





Either way, I think that study was biased. If they wanna know what us women like, then they can just come up to our face and ask us.








EDIT: @out of the blue - I was talking about those women in the study specifically, not myself. Those women in the study, not myself, were said to be aroused by all sexual things. I'm just restating what they said, lol.




FACT OF THE MATTER: Women think monkeys are sexy.





Now that we have that premise, we can conclude that the first hypothesis is correct and the counter-argument cannot be true.





edit: It was on the discovery channel, apparently women take great pleasure in watching monkeys hop around, scratch their armpits, but more than anything, commit acts of 'monkey business'.




There's a certain level of disengagement between our minds and our bodies for everybody, men and women.





For example, there was a study doing the same questions of physical arousal and mental consciousness of said arousal for men who professed to be homophobic (who were then shown gay male erotic images). The men had a similar reaction- the measurements showed increases in blood flow and penile girth, even though they marked their reactions as not being turned on.





The study you cite does suggest that women have some sort of sexual reaction when viewing imagery of a sexual nature, but more studies need to be done to help us confirm this and understand it better.





In the end, it just takes knowing your own body and being able to be aware of your arousal, I suppose.





EDIT: I think a big deal here is that we're forgetting that the arousal we're talking about here is not necessarily full-on. The devices used in such studies measure miniscule changes in our physical arousal. So we're not always talking about raging rock hard erections or girls dripping with lubrication. It's definitely possible for a machine to detect a change in male arousal when for all practical purposes he looks flaccid.





But good for you for knowing what turns you on.





EDIT #2: Yeah, but I'm getting so tired of hearing people make disparaging comments. The study clearly cites that the women who were aroused by the different imagery, including the monkey ones, were not aware of their arousal. This means, for example, that Dracula loves chocolate bunnies could easily watch it and become aroused without knowing it. These are not women who watch King Kong and get turned on- it's not about the monkeys so much as it is about the sex. I don't know why some women are unable to know that they're feeling slightly aroused, and neither do researchers. Maybe someday we'll be able to understand, hopefully. But, as I said, some men also exhibit the same tendencies (as per the above study).





It's fascinating stuff, and I wish people would stop cheapening it by saying that women are zoophiliacs into bestiality, or other women would stop saying "Well, I'm not into monkey sex!" as if there's no possible chance- because that's what the women in the study also said.




Gwennie B's turned on by monkey sex LOL!





No dude, I think the study is bs. I have never seen a woman enjoy watching monkey's get it on. I'm sure there are some but it's rare. Every woman I have been with knew when they were aroused. How couldn't they? The author probably wanted the results they concluded, and covered it up by saying the women didn't "know". What a croc.





Korina ~ Actually the study, if it's the one I think he's talking about, said women aren't aroused by nude men. So maybe the women in the study were more on the lesbian side and it doesn't apply to straight women, because they are turned on by men.





edit Korina ~ : You said that you are turned on by men, so why would you become aroused by other women or monkeys mating? Or are you? Or would you know?





"Philip Olivier laying on my bed with his hands crossed under his head"


LOL! According to the study this wouldn't arouse a woman because it's not sexual.




Interesting question.





Sadly, there are probably a lot of women who aren't aware of their sexual arousal because they've spent their entire lives actively repressing it.


Women have, in most societies, historically been socialized to deny or minimize their sexual desires and needs, so it really shouldn't be so surprising that some are confused or unwilling to deal with it at all.





They probably subconsciously, if not actively, fear the stigma of being a "bad" girl.





Lol, then there are those like myself and some of the other answerers who embrace our sexuality and can tell you unequivocally and without reserve EXACTLY what works and how we feel at any given moment. It can range from mild arousal to full fledged "heat." (Reference to one of am's prior questions, lol.)





Personally, I can wake up in a desperate state of "want" with no apparent stimulus, so I can't say it's always mental, but what goes on in my head can absolutely inflame my body. So can my guy's gorgeous dimples, a sexy look in the eyes, or a well-toned muscle, a strong cheek bone, a telling glance, the way a finger traces my hand, or an erotic story...the list is as endless as my imagination, and I have a very vivid one, lol. I tend to be very sensual, and while some women embrace this within themselves, others avoid it or find it very disconcerting.





I think a woman's acceptance of her sexuality can absolutely be key to whether or not she can actually identify what she finds erotic or sexually stimulating.




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