Genital responses to erotic videos remain the same even when reports of sexual orientation have changed

A new study has found that even though people may report that their sexual orientation has changed over time, their genital arousal to different types of sexual stimuli (i.e., erotic videos) tends to remain the same. It is possible that people overestimate changes in sexual orientation, since these changes are not reflected in physiological sexual response. The study was published in the Journal of Sex Research. Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction. Most people are attracted to persons of the opposite sex (heterosexual orientation), but people can also be …

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