Why humans have sex

CM Meston, DM Buss - Archives of sexual behavior, 2007 - Springer
Historically, the reasons people have sex have been assumed to be few in number and
simple in nature–to reproduce, to experience pleasure, or to relieve sexual tension. Several …

A brief update on the specificity of sexual arousal

ML Chivers - Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
In this article I review research on specificity of sexual arousal conducted since 2005. Three
lines of investigation–sexual psychophysiology, visual attention and brain response …

Sexual activity and risk taking in young heterosexual men: The relevance of sexual arousability, mood, and sensation seeking

J Bancroft, E Janssen, L Carnes, D Goodrich… - Journal of Sex …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
In this research we explored three aspects of personality relevant to sexual activity and
sexual risk taking in heterosexual men. Men with low inhibition of sexual arousal in the face …

Determinants of sexual arousal and the accuracy of its self‐estimation in sexually functional males

PJ Nobre, M Wiegel, AK Bach, RB Weisberg… - Journal of sex …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Men with and without sexual dysfunction present with varying patterns of agreement
between subjective estimates of sexual arousal and more objective psychophysiological …

The impact of sexual arousal on sexual risk-taking and decision-making in men and women

S Skakoon-Sparling, KM Cramer, PA Shuper - Archives of sexual behavior, 2016 - Springer
Sexual arousal has emerged as an important contextual feature in sexual encounters that
can impact safer-sex decision-making. We conducted two experiments that investigated the …

Sexual arousal patterns of bisexual men revisited

AM Rosenthal, D Sylva, A Safron, JM Bailey - Biological Psychology, 2011 - Elsevier
Men who identify themselves as bisexual report feeling sexually aroused by both men and
women. However, past research has not demonstrated that such men exhibit substantial …

Sex differences in patterns of genital sexual arousal: Measurement artifacts or true phenomena?

KD Suschinsky, ML Lalumière, ML Chivers - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2009 - Springer
Sex differences in patterns of sexual arousal have been reported recently. Men's genital
arousal is typically more category-specific than women's, such that men experience their …

The association between sexual motives and sexual satisfaction: Gender differences and categorical comparisons

KR Stephenson, TK Ahrold, CM Meston - Archives of sexual behavior, 2011 - Springer
Past research suggests that sexual satisfaction may be partially dependent on sexual
motives (the reasons people have sex). The primary goal of this study was to determine …

Sexual disinhibition under sexual arousal: Evidence for domain specificity in men and women

R Imhoff, AF Schmidt - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2014 - Springer
Men have been shown to estimate their likelihood of engaging in sexually coercive
behaviors and also uncommon and unprotected sexual behaviors as higher when they are …

Testing a conceptual model for men's sexual desire referring to automatic thoughts, emotions, sexual function, and sexism

FM Nimbi, F Tripodi, R Rossi… - The Journal of Sexual …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Literature lacks biopsychosocial models of men's sexuality. Regarding sexual
desire, Carvalho and Nobre (J Sex Med 2011; 8: 754-763.) presented a cognitive-affective …