a Department of Psychology , Queen's University.
J Sex Res. 2018 Nov-Dec;55(9):1167-1179. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1456509. Epub 2018 Apr 20.
Sexual desire may be "responsive," emerging from sexual arousal to sexually competent cues. Cues that elicit sexual arousal and desire differ, however, by gender and direction of sexual attractions. Further, relationship context cues are thought to be important for responsive desire, but this has not been tested directly. The current study examined gynephilic men's (n = 27) and exclusively (n = 23) and predominantly (n = 17) androphilic women's dyadic and solitary responsive sexual desire, as well as genital and self-reported arousal, to audio narratives varying by gender (male, female) of the sexual partner and relationship context (stranger, friend, long-term relationship). Consistent with previous literature, gynephilic men's solitary and dyadic desire were gender-specific (greater to female than to male sexual partners). Exclusively androphilic women's dyadic desire differentiated less to cues of gender than gynephilic men's, and their solitary desire did not differentiate by gender cues at all, replicating previous research. Androphilic women with some gynephilia reported a gender-nonspecific pattern of dyadic and solitary desire (i.e., responsive desire to both male and female narratives). No effect of relationship context was found for any groups. Results suggest that responsive sexual desire may be more closely associated with self-reported than genital arousal patterns.
性欲可能是“反应性的”，从性唤起中产生对有性能力的线索的反应。然而，引起性唤起和欲望的线索因性别和性吸引力的方向而异。此外，关系背景线索被认为对反应性欲望很重要，但这尚未得到直接检验。本研究考察了男性异性恋者（n=27）和纯粹异性恋者（n=23）以及主要异性恋者（n=17）的对偶和单独反应性性欲望，以及生殖器和自我报告的唤起，这些唤起来自于性伴侣的性别（男性、女性）和关系背景（陌生人、朋友、长期关系）不同的音频叙述。与之前的文献一致，男性异性恋者的单独和对偶欲望是特定于性别的（对女性性伴侣的欲望大于对男性性伴侣的欲望）。纯粹的女性同性恋者的对偶欲望对性别的线索的区分度不如男性异性恋者，而她们的单独欲望则完全不受性别的线索区分，这复制了之前的研究。有一些女性同性恋倾向的女性报告了对偶和单独欲望的非特定性别模式（即对男性和女性叙述都有反应性欲望）。对于任何群体，都没有发现关系背景的影响。结果表明，反应性性欲望可能与自我报告的唤起模式比生殖器唤起模式更为密切相关。
