Abstract
In 1953 Kinsey and his associates revealed that 48 percent of the women in their sample were erotically aroused by “their observation of male genitalia, and more than half (52 percent) reported that they had never been aroused by observing male genitalia.”1 In seeking to determine the reactions of our sample of highly intelligent women to seeing male genitalia, we took a somewhat different approach and asked, “How would you describe your reaction to the sight of the penis in a state of erection (i.e., exciting, attractive, ugly, neutral, etc.)?” The responses indicate that the sight of an erect penis is considered by our women as more than a visual erotic event—it is, among other things, seen as a sexual transaction, visible evidence of the woman’s power to arouse her mate.
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Kinsey, A. C., et al. 1953. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, p. 655. Philadelphia: Saunders. By permission of Dr. P. H. Gebhard and The Institute for Sex Research, Inc.
Maslow, A. H. 1942. Self-esteem (dominance-feeling) and sexuality in women. Journal of Social Psychology, 16: 286. By permission of The Journal Press.
From The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer, p. 24. Copyright 1971 by Germaine Greer. Used with permission of McGraw-Hill Book Co.
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DeMartino, M.F. (1974). Reactions to Seeing Erect Penis and to Being Seen Nude by Mate. In: Sex and the Intelligent Women. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39430-4_9
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