Up-regulating Sexual Arousal and Down-regulating Disgust while Watching Pornography: Effects on Sexual Arousal and Disgust
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2021
Aleksandra Pawłowska, Charmaine Borg, Peter J. de Jong
The video material included a 5-minute-35-second-long excerpt from a pornographic film (Collins & Myne, 2016) depicting a White heterosexual couple during various sexual activities (kissing, cunnilingus, anilingus, fellatio, penile-vaginal intercourse). This type of stimulus was chosen specifically, because women report a preference to watch a couple in a stable relationship engage in sexual activity rather than multiple partners across various contexts (Rupp & Wallen, 2008). To promote disgust responsivity, the video material contained close-ups of stimuli with relatively high contamination potency, such as genitals and bodily fluids (i.e., saliva, vaginal fluids, sperm; Rozin et al., 1995).