Sex differences in responses to psychosexual stimulation by films and slides

Abstract

In a previous publication we reported on the emotional and physiological-sexual reactions as well as the changes in sexual behavior in men and women when they were confronted with sexual thematic slides (Sigusch, 1970). In contrast to the data of Kinsey (1953), we found relatively few sex-specific differences for the variables we covered. We were not able to establish any sex differences at all for physiological-sexual reactions during the showing of the pictures and for changes in sexual behavior in the 24 hours after the experiment. In this report, too, emotional and physio-sexual behavior will be described, with a special view on sex specific differences. This time, however, we are using a different set of stimuli, namely films and slides that show petting and coitus. In addition, more variables are isolated and examined.