Relax, no one is talking from personal experience – but this is the finding of a recent study conducted by the University of Essex.
The study in question involved researchers asking 345 women about their sexual preferences, then comparing that preference with their arousal levels when shown videos of attractive men and women. Over to the BBC:
They found 28% of straight women were mostly aroused by their preferred sex, compared with 68% of gay women.
The University of Essex study concluded that no woman is “totally straight”.
Hmm, I imagine Kinsey and his (now outdated) sliding scale might have something to say about those findings. Dr Gerulf Rieger from the University of Essex certainly thinks they have proved something rather extraordinary:
Dr Rieger said the study’s conclusion that women who identified as being completely gay were much more aroused by their preferred sex was “amazing”.
He said their sexual arousal patterns were much more similar to men, whose responses tend to very accurately mirror their stated sexual preferences.
Dr Rieger said: “In the past we thought it was true of all women that they were aroused by both sexes. The fact that it appears this is not the case is amazing”…
Dr Rieger said the wider conclusions of the study was that, while the majority of women identified as straight: “Our research shows that, when it comes to what turns them on they are usually bisexual or gay, but never totally straight”.
Cue some awkward conversations at home this evening.
[source:bbc]
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