The effect of condoms in sexually explicit narratives on male sexual arousal.
Research into why people choose not to use condoms despite a growing AIDS epidemic has tapped the attitude that the use of condoms somehow interferes with the progression of the sexual act or lessens sexual pleasure. The current study investigated the effects on male sexual arousal of condom use described in sexually explicit audiotaped narratives. The sexual arousal of 14 male university students was measured physiologically by penile plethysmography and by self-report using a within-subjects design. Subjects listened to 10 audiotaped scripts, half of which included the use of a condom and half of which did not. No significant differences in either physiological or subjective arousal data were found between conditions.
Gaither
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Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202-8380, USA. gaither@badland-S.Nodak.edu
Rosenkranz
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Amato-Henderson
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Plaud
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Bigwood
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001143:Arousal; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004882:Erotica; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010410:Penile Erection; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013637:Tape Recording