Might this not be true of all kinds of nonstandard sexuality?

I would imagine that homosexuals might show similar activation patterns to heterosexual-specific porn, and vice versa.

Posted by: Caledonian | September 21, 2007 10:06 AM

What Caledonian said: this study seems to produce evidence that pedophiles are pedophiles.

Posted by: Neil | September 21, 2007 9:45 PM

I don't think right minded people class being gay as non-standard. Though I see your point re stimulation.

Posted by: chococat | September 21, 2007 11:57 PM

To take FhnuZoag's comment a little further, I wonder what the results would be, if people who suffer severe sexual repression were included in the study. My suspicion would be that they would probably have a similar response. Two examples of people I know come to mind.

First, is my friend Aaron, who was taught by his very religious mother, that any sort of sexual thought or action, was a vile abomination. Sex is only for procreation. I haven't seen him in years (we grew up together) but last I saw him, when he was twenty, we had a very long discussion about sex, as it was pretty well known that I was a right whore at that time in my life. He was very strongly of the belief that sex was only to be used for procreation. He provided a bunch of literature to that effect and knowing him very well, he truly and deeply believed it. I have little doubt that he has carried that view his whole life.

The other example, would be a friend who suffers OCD. We actually dated for a while, a few years back. She is absolutely petrified of all bodily fluids, her own included. When we were dating, she would carry babywipes everywhere. Before putting them in their small carrying case, she would add a mild bleach water to them. Her only tolerable intimacy, was a kiss on the cheek, followed by a wipe with the bleached wipes. Whenever she relieved herself, she would use the bleach wipes, on herself and the toilet. The mere mention of sex, would send her reaching for a wipe, though she claimed to have suppressed physiological responses to sexual stimuli long before.

chococat -

Homosexuality is indeed, non-standard. This is not a derogatory statement, it merely recognizes the fact that a very small percentage of the population has that preference. In the interest of foregoing a semantic discussion of what defines normative sexual practices, I would define it as missionary style, hetero sex. I also tend to think that anyone who doesn't engage in some form of non-standard sexual activity, is repressing or at the least, not exploring their sexuality. Honestly, I feel sorry for such folks.

Posted by: DuWayne | September 22, 2007 10:56 PM