AROUSAL IN THE FEMALE: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL MAKE-UP

Arousal depends on the woman’s (1) anatomy and physiology; (2) mental and emotional make-up; (3) environmental factors; (4) cultural conditioning; and (5) partner.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY: The highly sensitive sensuous clitoris is the primary organ for sexual pleasure in the female. Other  erotic zones which arouse a woman sexually are the lips, the ears, the side of the neck, and the breasts.

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL MAKE-UP: ‘It’s all in your mind,’ a lady remarked while talking to-me about sexual arousal and response, adding, ‘There should be no mental blocks about sex. Take my sister’s case. She has some aversion in her mind ever since she broke off her engagement.’ If a woman has a mental block about sex due to an unpleasant episode like a man forcibly trying to possess her, or the boss at the office pestering her about a date, she may not be aroused fully.

Men are more erotically aroused than women by psychic stimuli like reading about a torrid love episode, seeing a nude picture or a shapely female. Women are aroused more by touch than by sight.

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