title: Nudity as a Disinhibiting Cue in a Date Rape Analogue.
abstract: Situational factors likely play a role in date rape. The sexual inhibition hypothesis suggests that men are typically sexually inhibited by violence and non-consent, but that inhibition can also be disrupted. We attempted to determine if female nudity reduces inhibition of sexual arousal to non-consensual cues in sexually non-aggressive men. In two studies, heterosexual men (aged 18-25) were presented with six 2-min audiotaped narratives depicting consensual sexual interactions, non-consensual sexual interactions (rape), and non-sexual interactions (neutral) involving a man and a woman. In the first study, 20 participants saw pictures depicting nude or clothed women while listening to the stories. In the second study, 20 other participants saw videos depicting nude or clothed women exercising, also while listening to the stories. Genital responses and subjective sexual arousal were measured. Results suggested that nudity may have a disinhibitory effect on sexual arousal to non-consensual cues, but only when presented in the form of moving images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Annabree
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fairweather
authors.affiliation: Integrated Forensic Program, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Brockville, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. martin.lalumiere@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Martin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lalumière
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D003463:Cues; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013637:Tape Recording; D014754:Violence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Date rape; Disinhibition; Nudity; Plethysmography; Sexual aggression; Sexual arousal