Parents, the media, and the school system constantly give adolescents the message to be abstinent, use protection, etc. The goal is to let the message sink in and have teens steer clear of sexual situations. Of course, saying "No" doesn't always work.
It's fairly easy to say "No" when one is not aroused, but our judgement is clouded when we are in a sexually arousing scenario. Sexual arousal focuses a person's wants on one thing and makes them ignore other factors. When we are aroused, our motivation to do certain things lies completely in stimulation.
In 2006, Dan Ariely and George Lowenstein did research on male college students' sexual preferences and activities. The results showed that men are more likely to perform sexual acts when they are aroused as opposed to not aroused. For example, arousal means that men are 25% less likely to use a condom.
The conclusions show that other wants, needs, and thoughts are completely superceeded by our sexual desires.
This idea holds true with the idea that we make worse decisions when we experience strong emotion. Everyone has shown poor judgement when they were extremely angry or happy, sexual arousal works the same way.
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3 comments:
I've never even thought about it that way. But interesting article! Good information and insights that most people don't really think about.
This post was very well written. Your points were clear and interesting. Good job! :)
life is just perverted.
i never really thought about that.
you really made it straightforward and easy to understand.
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