Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in Sexual Response to Sexual Activities Versus Gender of Actors in Sexual Films

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1108-1121

  Chivers, Meredith L ^a   Seto, Michael C ^a,b   Blanchard, Ray ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender differences; penile plethysmography; sexual arousal; sexual orientation; vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38049088805     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.1108     Document Type: Article

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