• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I wanted to make up a well thought out scientific/psychological explanation for why anon’s dick reacted in that way, but i realised i don’t react the same way in similar situations, so not only do i have no idea what it could really be but i also have no skin in the game.

    Anyone have some theories?

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      11 hours ago

      I’m not looking it up, but iirc there was a study done a while back where peoples genitals reacted to erotic images regardless of their sexual preferences. Something about how the brain perceives the context, e.g. you can see a naked person without erotic context and might not have any genital reaction at all.

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        10 hours ago

        That makes perfect sense, thank you.

        Also aince it’s a dating app I imagine that anon seeing naked people in that context makes him feel “wanted” sexually, because people are presenting their naked body to him.

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          It definitely could be, my understanding is that the principle is somewhat like an intrusive thought, in that your brain is running the identification of a sexual intent, and reacting to that. Whether that’s arousing to the person is somewhat secondary, but the body reacts on some level regardless.