Arousal Gender Gap Myth Shattered
posted: 10/11/2006 12:00 am
Many of us are familiar with the "common knowledge" that women are aroused more slowly than men. Women need lots of warming up while men are always ready and rarin’ to go, right? It turns out that this claim, largely supported by science, is completely wrong. A recent study found "no difference in the amount of time it takes healthy young men and women to reach peak arousal." The reason earlier scientific experiments supported the "gender gap myth" has to do with the invasive methods used to collect data, which often included contact with the genitals and led to men and women being tested differently. This recent experiment, on the other hand, used a non-invasive procedure that treated men and women exactly the same: thermal imaging, the same technology used in night vision goggles. The ramifications of this study are bound to be huge. One doctor, for example, suggested that this new information will help treat sexual dysfunction in women.
Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=53126
