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[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not looking it up, but iirc there was a study done a while back where peoples genitals reacted to erotic images regardless of their sexual preferences. Something about how the brain perceives the context, e.g. you can see a naked person without erotic context and might not have any genital reaction at all.

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[+] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 child)

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[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

It definitely could be, my understanding is that the principle is somewhat like an intrusive thought, in that your brain is running the identification of a sexual intent, and reacting to that. Whether that's arousing to the person is somewhat secondary, but the body reacts on some level regardless.