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This was food for thought.

Thermal imaging technology, which uses cameras that detect heat given off by different objects, is a relatively non-invasive way of measuring the time it takes a person to reach peak arousal.

So researchers focused the cameras on the genitals of test subjects while the subjects watched footage of pornography, travel shows and horror clips. This provided measurements of heat from both the sexually aroused and from whatever arousal or lack of it was spurred by the other programming.

"Comparing sexual arousal between men and women, we see that there is no difference in the amount of time it takes healthy young men and women to reach peak arousal," said Irv Binik, a McGill University psychology professor and founder and director of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service of Royal Victoria Hospital.

Science has always said woman take a longer time to warm up. And I suppose it's true up to a point. I've found, personally, that whilst the mind may be saying yes yes yes! the body is saying whoa, slow down, not ready yet.

But note the hidden disclaimer. Healthy young men and women. How young is young? When you're 19, everything just springs up, y'know. And just what is peak arousal? How is THAT measured?


c'mon... curious minds wants to know.