AROUSAL: WHAT MEN LIKE
Bare flesh This is rated very highly by men. Exposed bodies and expressions of a “come hither” variety are extremely arousing to most males.
Make-up Bright red lips are a sexual turn-on, as are other things connected with physical appearance, such as hair style and colour.
Sexually explicit material Men find “girlie” magazines, soft-porn videos and pin-up photos very arousing: they use them to feed their fantasies and to enhance masturbation. The majority of men, however, would not be particularly aroused by their own partner appearing in a girlie magazine; it is the fact that such a woman belongs to somebody else that is part of her attraction.
Sexy clothing Black, lacy underwear and scanty nightclothes are particularly pleasing to most men, hence models posing in suspender belts and stockings.
In terms of the stimuli that excite them, men and women differ markedly. Men, generally, are stimulated by what they see. Women, on the other hand, are very different; as a general rule, they respond very little and very slowly to visual stimuli. Women are more interested in men in the context of their personalities.
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