As both sexes can know unwelcomed...um...boners are awkward. Super awkward. I know most girls assume that this an uncontrolled response. Sexyness = erection. However, what if men can control it?
Then they'd be liars and or too lazy to bother.
Researchers showed men 16 random clips of which 8 were erotic and 8 were funny featuring comedian Mitch Hedberg (to remove the accidental sexy factor). The participants were then ordered to control their response to certain videos while freely watching others. They then were asked to rate their arousal. Also during the study, there were hooked to machines measuring their erections.
On average, men were able to control their response when asked, resulting in about a 25% decrease in erectile response. One scientist notes that "This is consistent with success rates from previous, well-controlled [measuring-device] faking studies in which success rates range from 26 to 38 percent." Men who were able to control themselves when watching porn videos also able to do so while watching Mitch Hedberg.
“The finding that was most surprising was that some men became more sexually aroused when they tried to regulate their sexual arousal,” Winters says. “In other words, they responded more strongly (both physiologically and self-reported) during trials in which they attempted to regulate their arousal than trials during which they merely watched the stimuli. We attributed this increased response to anxiety — in this case, demand anxiety. It’s sort of like when you tell someone not to think of a white elephant; those [who] are most anxious during the task have the most trouble not thinking about the white elephant.”
It appeared that the factors that DID NOT affect ability to regulate were:
-sexual experience
-sexual compulsivity
-age
However, the following factors DID affect it:
-sexual excitability
-desire
-inhibition
So the next time girls, when they say "I can't help it!" just go "Maybe you aren't trying hard enough!!"
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