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Gynephilic Men’s and Androphilic Women’s Visual Attention Patterns: The Effects of Gender and Sexual Activity Cues
Journal of Sex Research ( IF 4.453 ) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 , DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2033675
Kiarah M K O'Kane 1 , Sonia Milani 1 , Meredith L Chivers 2 , Samantha J Dawson 1
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ABSTRACT

Men and women differ in the degree of specificity of sexual response and differences in attention to sexual cues may be a mechanism underlying these gendered patterns. The majority of previous research has examined attention using static images, which differ considerably from the dynamic videos used in studies of sexual response. To test attention as a potential mechanism involved in gendered sexual response, we used eye-tracking to examine visual attention patterns of 33 gynephilic men and 36 androphilic women to videos depicting preferred and nonpreferred gender targets engaging in varying sexual activities. Specificity of controlled attention was gendered, and this effect differed depending on the intensity of sexual activity cues depicted. Regardless of sexual activity cues, men’s controlled attention was gender-specific toward preferred targets. Sexual activity cues did, however, impact the degree to which women’s controlled attention was gender-specific. Specifically, women’s attention was gender-specific to low-intensity stimuli but nonspecific for masturbation and same-sex dyadic stimuli. Women’s attention was gender-specific for mixed-sex dyadic stimuli, but with greater attention directed toward nonpreferred gender targets. Overall, contextual cues impact women’s attention to a greater degree than men’s. Potential explanations for these findings and implications of stimulus selection for sexuality research are discussed.



中文翻译:

女性恋男性和男性恋女性的视觉注意力模式:性别和性活动线索的影响

摘要

男性和女性性反应的特异性程度不同,对性暗示的关注差异可能是这些性别模式背后的机制。之前的大多数研究都是使用静态图像来考察注意力,这与性反应研究中使用的动态视频有很大不同。为了测试注意力作为性别性反应中涉及的潜在机制,我们使用眼动追踪来检查 33 名男性恋男性和 36 名男性恋女性对描述参与不同性活动的首选和非首选性别目标的视频的视觉注意力模式。受控注意力的特异性是有性别差异的,这种效果根据所描述的性活动线索的强度而有所不同。无论性活动线索如何,男性对首选目标的受控注意力都是针对性别的。然而,性活动线索确实会影响女性控制注意力的性别特异性程度。具体来说,女性对低强度刺激的注意力具有性别特异性,但对手淫和同性二元刺激的注意力不具有特异性。女性对混合性别二元刺激的注意力是针对特定性别的,但更多的注意力集中在非偏好的性别目标上。总体而言,情境线索对女性注意力的影响程度高于男性。讨论了这些发现的潜在解释以及刺激选择对性研究的影响。

更新日期:2022-02-15
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