| Title |
Feelings of Disgust and Disgust-Induced Avoidance Weaken following Induced Sexual Arousal in Women
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0044111 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Charmaine Borg, Peter J. de Jong |
| Abstract |
Sex and disgust are basic, evolutionary relevant functions that are often construed as paradoxical. In general the stimuli involved in sexual encounters are, at least out of context strongly perceived to hold high disgust qualities. Saliva, sweat, semen and body odours are among the strongest disgust elicitors. This results in the intriguing question of how people succeed in having pleasurable sex at all. One possible explanation could be that sexual engagement temporarily reduces the disgust eliciting properties of particular stimuli or that sexual engagement might weaken the hesitation to actually approach these stimuli. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 3% |
| Spain | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2% |
| Maldives | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 51 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 100 | 83% |
| Scientists | 13 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 174 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 15% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 21% |
| Unknown | 30 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 87 | 47% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 21 | 11% |
| Unknown | 37 | 20% |