Ladywoofwoof wrote:
(shrug) The abstract really doesn't cover the points which I made properly, or prove very much at all.
I would say that if somebody were in a state of genuine "peak sexual arousal" then they would surely know about it.
All the study shows is that non-descript "healthy" people (of both genders), who watched non-specific porn clips, got slightly hotter crotch temperatures than they did while watching horror or comedy clips ; which may, or may not, indicate genuine arousal on a meaningful level - ie, in a way which relates to anything we were saying before you mentioned the study.
It's no less meaningful than using erections as an indication of arousal in men, in fact it's the same thing. In scientific papers, abstracts are not supposed to prove much, that's what the rest of the paper is for. An abstract is supposed to just be brief summary of what's in the paper. Unfortunately, none of us can access that paper without paying for it, which quite frankly is not really worth it just for the sake of arguing a point in an internet forum. The point is it's published in a peer-reviewed journal. The way it relates to what was said before is that you said that men get sexually aroused much more quickly than women and then used that as one of the reasons why men would more easily accept a random offer of sex than women, as per the original videos. I'm just pointing out that that's probably not the case.
Anyway, I don't derail this thread by continuously arguing about this. It's not the main topic but just a small point.